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I have a test station with a network cable that works flawlessly on every single NIC it connects to EXCEPT nforce ones.
Why in the world, would every single nforce NIC not work with that cable? I swap the cable, it works, I swap it back to the cable in question, it does not connect, or cause the lights on the NIC to turn on or anything. I've even remade the terminations several times.
I know I could change the cable and be done with it, but I really want to know, why does nforce network cards dislike this cable?
JonYork
Posted 2014-01-04T16:23:56.790
Reputation: 153
Have you by chance wired it up as a crossover cable while the NIC does not support crossover? Most modern NIC's will auth handshake, even with a crossover cable. This may not. – Matt Clark – 2016-03-25T16:02:20.770
1What kind of cable is it Cat5? Cat5e? Cat6?… What kind of Ethernet port is it 100Mbps? 1Gbps? 10Gbps?… – Synetech – 2014-01-04T16:26:20.800
it's Cat5e, Problem happens with 1Gbps and 100Mbps ports with an nforce controller.
Literally every other controller, the cable runs flawless, even at 1Gbps. – JonYork – 2014-01-04T17:31:48.090
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And what is it being plugged into; what’s on the other end of the cable? You said
– Synetech – 2014-01-04T18:39:11.310every single nforce nic, so I assume you tried it with multiple nForce NICs? Have you checked its Advanced Settings in the Device Manager for unusual settings?Does the cable in question have all 8 wires utilized? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-01-04T18:46:57.453
all 8 wires are used. If it's an intel NIC, or realtek NIC, or anything else, the cable works flawlessly, at any speed.
It is directly into the router of the office, but I've tried via a switch before and it made no difference. It just doesn't like nforce controllers.
@synetech, nothing unusual in the settings that I can see, but the problem is even before windows settings, it doesn't even turn the lights on the port at POST to indicate a good connection.
Any Ideas? – JonYork – 2014-01-04T22:35:17.467
Well an obvious thing to do would be to use an Ethernet testing gadget (even a $2 one from eBay) to test if the cable is sound. Even without an Ethernet tester, you could use a digital multi-meter to test that all of the wires are actually connected through the cable and have no breaks (in fact, you could even test for continuity with a battery and a bulb). – Synetech – 2014-01-04T23:57:44.273
I have continuity on all 8 wires. – JonYork – 2014-01-05T01:38:11.553