Re: Now what's wrong?
From: Brandi (ab_at_mdahospital.com)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:30:06 -0500
Here's my setup. Can someone tell me if there's a major flaw in my basic
layout?
phone line---DSL modem----router-----CAT5 connection into the wall
The CAT5 in each room goes to a closet. I'm using a switch to act like a hub
to connect the rooms.
There's a pc connected directly to the router. This pc works fine. So far.
There's another room with a pc connected to the CAT5 jack on the wall. This
is the PC that I have problems with. Sometimes it's on, sometimes not. I've
used 2 different PCs here and they have the same problem. The lights on the
switch look like it's working and the network properties/Status on the PC
shows it' conencted.
I don't really know what switches do. Am I using it wrong? I didn't
configure anything - just plugged it in.
"serverguy" <nospam@hatespam.com> wrote in message
news:OCe9uleXEHA.3676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> It would be difficult to diagnose without more information about the O/S's
> involved and the tcp/ip configuration. But a good place to start is to
try
> pinging all devices (pcs, switch, and router) and some internet sites and
> see what connections are failing. Check your firewall.
>
> Could also be a bad switch, can you try connecting directly to the router?
> Or if it is a combo router/switch, connect one pc directly to the dsl
modem.
>
> "Brandi" <ab@mdahospital.com> wrote in message
> news:OKd%23BCeXEHA.2544@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have a physical problem I think.
> >
> > My house is wired with Cat5. The lines all run to a closet where I've
> > connected the cables with a Linksys switch my son had sitting around
> unused.
> > The lights on the switch come on when I plug in the cables for both
rooms
> > where I want te PCs. In one oom, the PC works fine.
> >
> > But, I've plugged in my laptop (in the other room I'm trying to connect)
> > which runs at 10M and the switch doesn't not light up the 100M light.
When
> I
> > plug in the home computer that I normally want to connect in that room
the
> > 100M light does come like it should. So it looks like the switch is
> > recognizing the speed on the network card in bother PCs in that room but
> > neither PC can connect to the internet.
> >
> > What might I look for? both PCs used to work in this room and I haven't
> > changed any configuration. I never ever change anything on my laptop.
What
> > can I test? I've already tried swapping cables and using different ports
> on
> > the switch - same results.
> >
> > It's a DSL connection that goes through a router.
> >
> >
>
>
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