[HLUG] Lan problems

[Chris Howe]

Glad you got it sorted Phil. Good job the cable was solid core because the other stuff doesn't crimp very well although it does survive a bit more bending. Sockets are ideal as the cable just Krones on, if you want sockets I find comms express to be very good as they deliver next day for about 1/10 the price of PC World etc.

Chris.

On 16 Oct 2013, at 14:17, Phil Wood <phil at pwood.net> wrote:

> Hi Chris
> 
> Thanks for you response. I now have the link working and all I did was
> change the RJ45 connectors at either end. The cable has solid cores rather
> than stranded. I didn't realise until yesterday that they used different
> connectors. These cables really should have sockets at either end, then we
> wouldn't have had the problem.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 October 2013 10:07, Chris Howe <chrishowe14 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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