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Internet disconnects randomly only when wired to WNDR4500v2
Hi there - thanks for taking a look. (This post is all about wired networks.)
I have been working flawlessly for over 3 years with my charter spectrum Arris router and Netgear WNDR4500v2 as an ...
OK it is confirmed and what was suspect - IDC but connectors splice in junction box was covered in a greasy gel like substance, possibly causing the issue. The IDC connectors were leaking there gel after X amount of years.
Problem solved!
Oh one more observation - if I disconnect the existing ethernet from the wall to the AP and reconnect - 1Gbps (green on Arris) - is back
> [...] I would assume if it was a bad cable - would it NOT work
> consistently?
"inconsistent" (usually called "intermittent") is a subset of "bad".
A poorly crimped connector could be susceptible to oxidation or
corrosion, and to mechanical disturbance (vibration). Other than gross
physical damage to the cable, cable problems are almost always at the
cable ends (connectors, termination).
> [...] I'm being a bit stubborn about it being a bad wire [...]
Unreasonably so, I'd say. On occasion. a close (magnified) visual
inspection of a connector will reveal a subtle problem (wire not fully
inserted, contact not fully/evenly depressed, ...). Once a gigabit
speed has been negotiated, all eight conductors must work. (Slower
speeds use only four.)
How much trouble would it be to replace the connectors on the suspect
cable (or the whole thing)?
Thank you antinode - i agree and I have done so on two of them with same results. However, I have not changed the port just yet and plan on doing that as well. I also bought a 200ft cat 5e cable for $11 with terminated ends - I plan on running it directly from the panel to my AP - I will post back the results. Your advice is sound, i just was not sure how all this worked.
In regards to testing the line with an ethernet cable tester - I get sequence lights all green from 1 to 8 on the receiver from the transmiter, but I amassuming that does not tell the whole story.
I'll report back.
Thanks for the response
Hi Dexter - sorry I was away on a business trip. In short everything is working again - the last thing I did was repunch the Rj45 connector. However I still notice every now and then a switch back and forth between 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps - the lights on the router / modem - change from orange to green and back to orange - and my speeds will drop. At the moment I am all green and over 100 Mbps (my max service). I guess the whole time I had a few problems and was not able to isolate a single one - and just made it better. Thanks for checking in.
