switch with intermittent uplink

[Paris]

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I have two Linksys 16 port switches connected through an uplink cable. They
are separated physically by at least a hundred feet. This setup has been
working fine for over a year. Lately though, the uplink goes down on a
weekly basis. When I am at switch A and I ping a machine on switch B not all
the packets are returned. I assumed that the uplink port on the switch had
burned out so I replaced the older of the two. That seemed to fix it. Two
weeks or so later the problem is back. I'm waiting for the technician to
come and check the cables and outlets. Anybody have suggestions as to what
else could cause such a problem?



Paris

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet (More info?)

Cable is the right thing to check. Maybe something has changed in the path
of the cable? Maybe electrical wires or florescent lighing too close to the
cable causing interference.



"Paris" <paristotle@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have two Linksys 16 port switches connected through an uplink cable.
They
> are separated physically by at least a hundred feet. This setup has been
> working fine for over a year. Lately though, the uplink goes down on a
> weekly basis. When I am at switch A and I ping a machine on switch B not
all
> the packets are returned. I assumed that the uplink port on the switch had
> burned out so I replaced the older of the two. That seemed to fix it. Two
> weeks or so later the problem is back. I'm waiting for the technician to
> come and check the cables and outlets. Anybody have suggestions as to what
> else could cause such a problem?
>
>
>
> Paris
>
>