re: Network Cable Unplugged - imtermittent, please hlep
Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 9:38 am
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Posted by Brent Cochran
(1 messages posted)
Dear all,
I have tried many of the suggestions on this forum, but none have worked. The big
problem is that my problem is intermittent.
The configuration:
Motorola surfboard SB4200 cablemodem connected to Comcast
This then connects to the WAN port of a Linksys wireless WAP router (BEFW111S4V.2)
with 4 ports
The uplink from this router connects to port 8 (uplink) of an Intel Inbusiness 8
port hub. (connects to 6 computers)
This configuration can be stable for several days, but usually only for a few hours.
It is usually , but always corrected by rebooting the cable modem and wireless
router. Sometimes it will correct itself after a day or two.
The symptoms (inorder of decreasing frequency of occurence)
1. Intermittent cable unplugged message (going on and off every 5- 10 seconds) with
intermittent internet access on wired machines. (Wireless access still works) (every
few hours)
2. cable unplugged message and steady loss of internet access on wired machines.
(wireless access still working) (once a day)
3. Steady loss of all internet access on both wired and unwired machines. (every
few days)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This has been going no for several years
and is driving me crazy.
Sincerely,
Brent
On Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 9:55 am, Alex wrote:
>For benefit of other sufferers, here's my recent experience. I bought a new Linksys
>WRT54G router on 11/25, to replace a Netgear product that has been dropping connection
>frequently. I plugged everything together, but got the "Network Cable Unplugged"
>error. Tried different ports on router, with no luck. Fortunately, I have several
>different computers (hence need for router). I plugged my laptop in, and was able
>to access router configuration without problems. So, it must have been the first
>computer. I found this forum, and read through various suggestions, many of which
>I knew didn't apply because router worked fine with my laptop. Finally, based on
>one of the other responses, I changed the configuration of the NIC in the first
computer,
>and set the connnection type to "10 Base T Full Duplex. Problem solved. Except
>that I would like to run at 100 Mbps, so I have to figure out the right setting,
>but at least I'm on the right track. I recommend others who are having this problem
>try manually setting the connection type. Start with 10 Base T Full Duplex, as
it
>should be the slowest (i.e. most stable) connection. For anyone who is interested,
>here's my configuration:
>
>Linksys WRT54G Router (version 1.1)
>D-Link DFE-500TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Rev B/C)
>Generic, straight-through CAT-5 cables
>
>Hope this helps.
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