My customers terminal server and several computers went down. Meaning that they can't get out to the internet. There are no link or activity lights on the on board nics. If I plug a laptop in any of the cable drops using the same patch cables, I get activity. I can get out to the internet and pull ip addresses. If I use the cable plugged into the file server, which has a link light, it still won't work. If I use the cable plugged into a printer with a link light, no connectivity. I tried installing 3 different nic cards in different machines that don't work, still no connectivity. Finally, I took the terminal server and the computer back to the closet. I plugged directly into the switch and it worked. So I guess my question is, could it be possible that the ports on the patch panel got toasted? I could not see several cables just going bad from out of nowhere. I plan on going back and trying to terminate a couple of cables and see if this could be the issue. Almost forgot to mention that I replaced the switch with no help. This issue drove me up the walls today. Any other suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
msr976
A+, Network+, MCP, MCDST
msr976
A+, Network+, MCP, MCDST