iMac does not recognize ethernet connection

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iMac does not recognize ethernet connection

I,have,a,an,old,Mac,desktop.,(1.25,Hz,Power,G),It,is,running,OS,10.4.1.,It,does, not,have,an,airport,card,or,internal,modem.,I,have,always,connected,it,via,ether net,cable.,Now,it,will,not,connect,via,an,ethernet,cable.,It,is,plugged,directly ,into,a,modem,(a,wireless,router,is,also,plugged,into,the,modem,but,the,Mac,is,n ot,plugged,into,the,router,,it,is,plugged,directly,into,the,modem.,I,get,waif,fi ne,on,my,laptop,but,the,Mac,won't,connect.,It,says,it,cannot,detect,an,ethernet, cable.,I,have,tried,several,cables.,no,dice.,Any,ideas,how,I,can,get,this,comput er,online??

Posted on Jun 29, 2014 9:37 PM

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Answer 1

Allan Jones

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Jun 30, 2014 7:14 AM in response to aneataPHX

It is not unheard of for a computer ethernet's port to get fried during an electrical misadventure (e.g.: lighting strike) without the rest of the computer being affected.

If your USB ports are working, you could use something like this to go wireless:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/IOGEAR/GBU321/

The one I linked works with OS 10.4; others may require OS 10.5

Something like this might also be an option is your USB ports are working:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Kanex/USBRJ45/

I'd call OWC (the vendor) on this one to maybe sure it works on an older Mac. It is not clear from the description if it does. However .my experience with OWC is that they have excellent pre-sale tech support.

I'm curious what device you are using to post your question. It has commas instead of spaces:

,I,have,tried,several,cables.,no,dice.,Any,ideas,how,I,can,get,this,comput er,online?

It also posts as one giant link and is rather hard to read.

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aneataPHX Author

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Jul 1, 2014 9:28 PM in response to Allan Jones

Hi Allan,

Thanks I will try the options you suggest.

FYI, I am posting on a macbook pro. For some reason when I copied the precomposed text from word into the box it added all the commas and erased the formatting.. odd.

I am typing directly into the box now.. and it is looking okay.

Best,

Anita

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Answer 3

Allan Jones

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Jul 1, 2014 9:56 PM in response to aneataPHX

I am typing directly into the box now.. and it is looking okay.

And, indeed, it looks better here too!

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