I think 10Mbit ethernet requires 2pairs, 100mbit requires 4 pairs, perhaps you broke a pair or two during installation.
See http://www.derose.net/steve/guides/wiring/#phone . I used this guide to run reliable 10Mbit Ethernet and an analog phone line through 8 pair Cat 3 buried under a driveway. My run is only about 50 feet, however. -- Patrick Timlick Cat5e On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Joe Pruett <j...@q7.com> wrote: > > On a hunch after verifying that it still works when I use a 10Mbit hub, > > I replaced the hub with a crossover coupler. That is, I used something > > that is almost equivalent to a 100Mbit hub with 2 ports. It isn't > > working where I'm seeing the same symptoms. > > > > What could be making this work at 10Mbit but not at 100Mbit? The first > > line in the first building is 100' of Cat5e UTP cable, the second line > > is 90' of at least Cat5 STP cable. > > > > I'll have to check the lights on both ends. It just seems odd, I have > > a Netgear FA311 nic on both ends so they should be able to talk to each > > other. > > > > I have a new Netgear switch, but I don't want to open it unless I can't > > get this working. > > > > I wish I had some way of verifying that the line can operate at > > 100 Mbps. > > > > I'm wondering if the Cat5 STP cable is having problems. > > stp is actually more of a problem for long runs than utp is. do you have > the shield grounded at just one end? if not, you could have a lovely > ground loop going on. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- p.j.timl...@ieee.org www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
