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I've extended my wired ethernet network by running about 100 ft of cable from my office to another floor in my home.
Used jacks in the walls, punched down 568B, but it's basically just a jumper from the switch in my office to another part of the house.
Pin mapping tool says the cable is wired correctly and if I plug the cable from the wall into my MacBook Pro it works fine. Looking at the network settings it can find the DHCP server and set itself up correctly, loads internet content in a web browser etc.
If is plug the cable into a switch (DLink DGS 2205 5-port giga ethernet switch) and plug the laptop into that switch there's a problem. Eventually the Mac's networking cpanel finds the DHCP server but I cannot make connections -- everything just seems to time out. Also tried installing a router on the line instead of the switch, it can't seem to find the DHCP server at all. Tried two different routers.
I have a vague memory about Mac's doing some auto sensing and switching back when folks used patch or crossover cables ... it's making me wonder if something got wired wrong and that's why the MBP is the only thing that seems to be able to use the connection.
Any suggestions, things to check, or insight into why a MBP can use the cable but nothing else (routers, switches, etc) can?
Thanks!
Used jacks in the walls, punched down 568B, but it's basically just a jumper from the switch in my office to another part of the house.
Pin mapping tool says the cable is wired correctly and if I plug the cable from the wall into my MacBook Pro it works fine. Looking at the network settings it can find the DHCP server and set itself up correctly, loads internet content in a web browser etc.
If is plug the cable into a switch (DLink DGS 2205 5-port giga ethernet switch) and plug the laptop into that switch there's a problem. Eventually the Mac's networking cpanel finds the DHCP server but I cannot make connections -- everything just seems to time out. Also tried installing a router on the line instead of the switch, it can't seem to find the DHCP server at all. Tried two different routers.
I have a vague memory about Mac's doing some auto sensing and switching back when folks used patch or crossover cables ... it's making me wonder if something got wired wrong and that's why the MBP is the only thing that seems to be able to use the connection.
Any suggestions, things to check, or insight into why a MBP can use the cable but nothing else (routers, switches, etc) can?
Thanks!