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Mac Pro won’t recognize Ethernet connection
I have a Mac Pro 1st generation machine running OS 10.6.8. For the last couple of months, every time I wake the machine from sleep or from a full power-down, it won’t recognize the internet connection. I just get a message saying I am not connected. The diagnostics / trouble shooting in System Preferences gives me the same result. I have to restart the machine, sometimes more than once, in order to get my connection back. Once I have my connection, it stays connected until the machine is powered-down or put to sleep once again. This behavior has been consistent since it first began happening.
I have tried everything including repairing permissions and zapping the PRAM. I even swapped-out my memory modules. No success. Any ideas?
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You should pull up the console app and look at the kernel log. I imagine the ethernet driver is unloading for some reason with an error.
Steve Modica
CTO, Small Tree Communications -
Thanks for the suggestion, Steve. After powering-up this morning, I looked in the Kernal Log and could find nothing relating to Ethernet listed. After re-booting the machine, I looked at the new log, and saw this:
Jan 16 08:49:39 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntel8254XEthernet: Ethernet address 00:17:f2:03:db:33
Jan 16 08:49:39 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntel8254XEthernet: Ethernet address 00:17:f2:03:db:34So, the only difference in the two logs is that the log from when I first booted up the machine today is missing these two lines, and there is no message or indication as to why.
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