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Version 1.0 02-FEB-2002

This document contains some tips and suggestions that we hope will assist Macintosh users get the best out of their Netgear Broadband Sharing Router.  We'll be updating the document and adding more tips over the coming weeks.  We'd love to hear from you with suggestions, corrections, and new questions.  Send your feedback to support@fulton.net.au

Please report any problems you find, including typos, missing or incorrect links, unclear or wrong answers etc.

 

Diagnostic Tools

Telnet for Mac OS

Speed and Duplex Tool

 

Diagnostic Tools

 

A number of commercial and public domain add-on products are available for Mac OS and Open Transport to provide utilities and diagnostic tools such as ping, dns lookups, traceroute.

Among these are:

Telnet for Mac OS

 

Some advanced configuration features and diagnostic tools for Netgear's R-Series Routers (RT311, RT314, RP114, RO318 and MR314) can only be accessed by connecting to the router using a telnet application. [Note that rlogin and SSH are not currently supported by the routers].

While telnet is a standard on feature on most Microsoft Windowssystems, it is not standard on most versions of Mac OS.

There are several public domain implementations of telnet for the Mac, the most widely used being NCSA Telnet.  Download from here.

 

Speed and Duplex Tool

 

[Excerpt from Knowledge Base Article 60436 at www.apple.com]

The Apple iMac, the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White), and the PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) uses auto negotiation to determine what speed (10 Mbit or 100 Mbit) and duplex (half or full) to use for the Built in Ethernet. Duplexer is an unsupported system extension that allows you to disable the auto negotiation and to use a set speed (10 Mbit or 100 Mbit) and duplex (Full or Half) for the built in Ethernet of an Apple iMac, a Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White), or a PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard).

[End of Excerpt]

In most situations, the auto negotiation will operate as expected, and correctly set the speed and duplex mode to values compatible with the device being connected to (e.g. hub, switch or router).

In the event that auto negotiation fails to operate correctly, it will be necessary to disable auto negotiation on the Mac, and choose appropriate values for speed and duplex mode.

When connecting to a Netgear Ethernet Switch (FS105, FS108, FS116, FS524 etc) or Router (RT311, RT314, RP114, RO318, MR314, FR314, FR318 or FV318) set the speed to 100Mbps, and the duplex mode to Full Duplex.

When connecting to a network hub, always set the duplex mode to Half Duplex, and set the speed to the highest speed supported by the hub.  Most older hubs support 10 Mbps only.

In some environments with substandard or non-compliant cabling, the network may operate more reliably if set to 10Mbps and Half Duplex, as the lower speed may result in a reduced number of errors and retransmissions.  In this case, the lower speed setting may actually result in improved performance overall.

Further information on the Duplexer Tool can be found in Knowledge Base article 60436 at www.apple.com.

The Duplexer Tool can be downloaded from here

 

Tips for Macintosh Users

Version 1.0, 02-FEB-2002

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1.0   02-FEB-2002   Initial Release