Re: [oS-en] eth0 trouble

On 27/11/2021 21.38, Dave Howorth wrote:

On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:35:22 -0500 James Knott wrote:

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On 2021-11-27 2:24 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Check the plugs - GigE requires 4 TPs, 100Mbit only requires two TPs. Regardless, the interface should have worked fine, just slower.

Cable itself is CAT5. All wires are connected properly, I wired them myself, and the cable has been working some years. Suddenly it doesn't work. Change of criteria, instead of lowering the speed, perhaps?

That cable has likely failed, forcing a drop to 100 Mb.  With patch cords so cheap, I can't be bothered to make them.

I agree but if Carlos makes his own then perhaps he has an Ethernet cable tester? (full disclosure, I'm sad enough that I do) If so then testing the cable is definitely something to try.

No, I don't. And certainly not a gigabit tester, I might have bought one for 100 mbits back then. No, I tested by connecting them and watching the error rate after transmitting files in both directions. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)