- Apr 16, 2014
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A few months ago I bought a 20m ethernet cable for my desktop upstairs to connect to my router downstairs. I intended to start livestreaming regularly and wireless connection was simply far too unreliable.
When I first hooked it up, it didn't work. After some fiddling and messing around I assumed the cable was faulty.
However about a week later I realised it was working, and it ran from that point up until yesterday.
An issue I've had with the cable since it started working, is if my computer goes to sleep or shuts down, it loses connection, and takes anywhere from 1 to 12 hours to reconnect.
During this downtime, the networking window shows that "A connection is unplugged"
and ipconfig in cmd shows "media disconnected".
When my ethernet cuts out like this, I plug in my USB wireless adapter and use wireless internet.
After a while my ethernet connects again. I've not seen ethernet re-connect while I'm not connected via wireless, however I've never left wireless unplugged during ethernet downtime long enough to see if it makes a difference.
Another issue I've noticed is that sometimes my internet will show as connected, and skype and steam will be connected fine, however browsers, teamspeak and anything else that needs internet will be completely unable to connect, as if I wasn't connected at all. The only fix to this I've found is to restart my computer.
This particular issue occurs usually when my ethernet cuts out for whatever reason (Most likely my computer going to sleep) and I have to switch to wireless, however even once ethernet comes back on, if I have not restarted my computer to fix the problem, I will still be unable to connect.
I've checked my cable and it is not a crossover cable. Just a regular ethernet cable.
I've tried it in multiple ports on my router, and spent several days searching the internet for an answer, including making a similar post to this on another site, receiving no responses whatsoever.
My network drivers are up to date.
Specs:
OS: Win 7 64-bit
Network adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Router: Virgin Media "Super Hub"
Any help would be greatly appreciated, these problems have been giving me a headache over the past few weeks.
When I first hooked it up, it didn't work. After some fiddling and messing around I assumed the cable was faulty.
However about a week later I realised it was working, and it ran from that point up until yesterday.
An issue I've had with the cable since it started working, is if my computer goes to sleep or shuts down, it loses connection, and takes anywhere from 1 to 12 hours to reconnect.
During this downtime, the networking window shows that "A connection is unplugged"
and ipconfig in cmd shows "media disconnected".
When my ethernet cuts out like this, I plug in my USB wireless adapter and use wireless internet.
After a while my ethernet connects again. I've not seen ethernet re-connect while I'm not connected via wireless, however I've never left wireless unplugged during ethernet downtime long enough to see if it makes a difference.
Another issue I've noticed is that sometimes my internet will show as connected, and skype and steam will be connected fine, however browsers, teamspeak and anything else that needs internet will be completely unable to connect, as if I wasn't connected at all. The only fix to this I've found is to restart my computer.
This particular issue occurs usually when my ethernet cuts out for whatever reason (Most likely my computer going to sleep) and I have to switch to wireless, however even once ethernet comes back on, if I have not restarted my computer to fix the problem, I will still be unable to connect.
I've checked my cable and it is not a crossover cable. Just a regular ethernet cable.
I've tried it in multiple ports on my router, and spent several days searching the internet for an answer, including making a similar post to this on another site, receiving no responses whatsoever.
My network drivers are up to date.
Specs:
OS: Win 7 64-bit
Network adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Router: Virgin Media "Super Hub"
Any help would be greatly appreciated, these problems have been giving me a headache over the past few weeks.
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