[HLUG] Lan problems

[Chris Howe]

Phil,

Got a decent tester if you're close by. Also, what switches are you using or are you plugging directly into the built in switch on the ADSL? You could set up some syslog on the switch. Also the nic on the PC could be dodgy, it happens. Another idea would be to temporarily put a Cisco switch at the ADSL end and monitor syslog off that and try to reproduce the fault. 

Hope this helps,

Chris

On 14 Oct 2013, at 09:23, Phil Wood <phil at pwood.net> wrote:

> I believe that some of you work with networks and hopefully you can help
> point me in the right direction. We have a number of cables running round
> the building linking PCs to the ADSL router.
> 
> One link is being a bit erratic. I've tested it with one of those cheap
> network cable testers and all the leds light up in right order. Sometimes
> it works fine then at other times it says connecting and never gets any
> further. Is there some software I could run to do a better check on this
> cable. I could put a laptop running linux at either end. It's going to be a
> bit awkward to replace the cable so I'd like to be sure that it is the
> cable that is the problem.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Phil
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