[HLUG] Lan problems

[Chris Howe]

Hi Phil,

nic was the first thing that sprung to mind. I'm just outside Hereford so half way to Leominster would be OK. I could bring a tester and a switch if it would help.

Chris

On 14 Oct 2013, at 09:56, Phil Wood <phil at pwood.net> wrote:

> Hi Chris
> 
> At first I thought it was the nic in the PC. I've switched off the on board
> one and fitted a new card. It now works OK except on this one link.
> 
> I'm mid way between Hereford and Leominster where abouts are you.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 October 2013 09:36, Chris Howe <chrishowe14 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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