On 7/21/2009 8:21 PM, Jetlag wrote: > I have two Ethernet ports in the wall behind the stereo rack, one is > for my BD player the other intended for the Transporter. I have no > issues connecting the BD player via either port, but the Transporter > will not see the network on either port using the exact same Cat5e > cable. I've even tried several other cables from either port with the > exact same results, the BD player connects to the network almost > instantly but the Transporter says a cable must be unplugged.
Is the BD player a 10Mbps device, perhaps? If your CAT-5 wiring in the wall is flaky a slow device will still usually work, but the 100Mbps Transporter would have a problem. The most common wiring error is to run all the pairs in sequence across the ethernet jack pins, instead of swapping the specified wires between pairs. Here's the wiring spec: http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/files/cat5_colour_codes.htm At one of my computer clients I replaced a 10Mbs switch with a 100Mbps switch, and one of the PCs then wouldn't connect. It worked fine with a long patch cable so I suspected the wiring, and when I checked I found that run had been wired incorrectly. Even if the BD player is 100Mbps and works OK, I would still check the wiring, as each device may respond differently to incorrect wiring conditions. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
