Puzzling problem with LAN cables
I replace now my old router with wireless. However one of the laptops is not wireless so I connect it with a cable.
To make the following less confusing by grammar I will use the notation: A - old router, B - new router, C - the laptop The old cable I have connects C and A fine. It does not connect C to B. (LAN LEDs dont lit up and ipconfig says "cable disconnected"). BUT the connection between A and B is established fine using the same cable! Conclusion: the problem isnt at either end of connection alone. However there is another cable which came with B - it is alas too short (only 1m) to be convenient for me. And it does connect C to B!!! So the problem is not a holistic property of the B - C system either! :dozey: Any suggestions to this puzzle? :erm: Or computer science champions against the rules of logic once again? :monkey: Heh, right now I am writing this through C - A - B network! :dunce: |
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Is it a crossover cable or straight cable?
It could be that the old router either required a crossover (rare) or autonegociated so would accept either a straight or crossover cable but the new router will not |
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the old is cross-over I believe (meaning that I could direct connect 2 computers with it, right?)
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most routers require straight cables |
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but it connects successfully B with A!
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router to router should be crossover
router to pc should be straight It sounds like your old router accepted and autosenesed the crossover cable. Router to router is crossover. You need straight cables to connect New Router to laptop |
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ok, cheers! this makes sense!
although they should mention it in the specs when you buy the bloody thing if they dont support all cables! :) |
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Does it just plug from a normal out port on modem router into the normal port on the router?
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