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carlosmcse

carlosmcse

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Nov 17, 2005
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I have a client that if they connect a computer with a cable that is more than 150feet (175feet to be exact) to their switch their internet connection is extremelly slow, if they use a cable that is 5-10 feet their connection is perfect. IS their anything I should look on the switch to see why this is happening.
 
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If I had to guess it would be a wiring issue since you have it isolated to runs 175 feet or more which is not that far.
Does the cabling pass CAT5 certifcation?
 
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Forgot to mention if you issue a
"show interface fastethernetx/x"

where x is your port number you should be able to see if there are any errors on that specific switch port.

 
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Speed/duplex mismatches between the switchport and the client nic card setting.
 
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The cable is a new run to try to fix the old one, it passed Cat5e certification and the spped/duplex changed to 100 full on the switch port and on the NIC card, still having issues, again I the cable is a 10-15 feet long there's no problem in speed, we also tried to connect different computers different ports on the switch but for some reason we have this problem with every pc with a long cable run about 150-175ft. I'm going to lose my mind over this.
 
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The only other thing might be you have sort of strong electromagnetic field somewhere in the run , draped across florescent lights , near electrical motors etc if the cable is new . What kind oif switch are they running to ?
 
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Dont know if this will help but if you can crimp a cable you can take 150' of cable and leave it in a coil and put ends on it and try it right near the switch. Then you could rule out some kind of interferance.
 
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Thanks Vipergg and Kwing112000 and everyone else for the sugestions, I tried everything mentioned and the problem is still there. I'm going to swap the switch to see what happens.

Thanks all for the help
 
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so what model switch is it anyway?
I'd be interested to know if replacing it fixes your issue.
 
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