CF 29 Internal Nic Issue

My fios went out so i connected the ethernet cable directly to my 29 to check if it works but when connected windows said that it was disconnected ie; unplugged. I tried another pc and it worked.

Using a cable from the router to the 29 works fine though. I use wireless most of the time but i found that interesting, i even rolled back the driver and this did nothing to help.

 

Um... Unless I have misunderstood.... You need the Ethernet cable to come from the cable box. (As you said it worked).... You cannot plug FIOS directly into your PC....

But then you said your FIOS was out.... So plugging it into anything would not work.... Can you spell out what the issue is?

 

You need a crossover cable to connect directly to a modem or another PC The router does the crossover internally and that is why it works on the router.

 

So let me lay it out:
My fios box has an ethernet cable to the router then to the pc.
Router went bad so i plugged cable from fios box to the TB windows said that there was no cable plugged in. I used another notebook and the internet worked.

I am guessing this particular nic needs a crossover to word as t2g mentioned. Since the newer notebook worked fine. I just wanted to verify this

 

No you don't! These modern day "routers" aren't routers at all! They are just high filutent modems!... A REAL router has 1, yes 1 port on it and YES you NEED a crossover cable (Cisco + Adtran for example are REAL routers). these "Linksys" crap routers you get are NOT real routers and you do NOT need a crossover cable.

 

from the switch (because a "router" is actually a router + a 4 port SWITCH), you need a STRAIGHT through cable, NOT a crossover. You said that "Using a cable from the router to the 29 works fine though" - if that works fine than it is NOT a driver issue or NOTHING would work. You have some network issue man, not a problem with your CF-29.

 

Yes the network issue would be suspect. However since the other pc works fine the same way there is not a network issue.

 

He already said it worked from the router to the CF-29. He was trying to connect directly to his modem which would require a crossover. The WAN port on the router is already a crossover internally.

 

Wrong... If this is a NORMAL home modem (IE, NOT a business modem) then you do NOT need a crossover...

Also the title of the thread is "CF 29 Internal Nic Issue" so why are we arguing about hooking to his modem directly?!?!? The title of this thread should be "can't connect to my modem directly" and on top of that it should NOT be in the Panasonic forums because it has NOTHING to do with the laptop....

~Rob - getting annoyed with people arguing with him about networking stuff!~

P.S, I'm not trying to make anyone mad, I just have 6 years experience doing this stuff IN THE FIELD + I have a bachelors degree in networking communication management as well so I know what the hell I'm talking about lol. If you wanna hook right to the modem to program it or WHATEVER then you need a straight through, NOT a crossover!

 

Take a few moments and read his whole post and not just respond to the title.

 

From what I can see from the OP is 2 long as run on sentences that make little sense to me.

He isn't even asking a question, but merely making a statement as well... I realize that... I'm just commenting on the other posts here because it's filled with WRONG information!

~Rob - not going to help any more tonight~

 

OP-

Just try a crossover cable and let us know if it connects we all have one laying around somewhere.

 

Interesting... I would assume that the majority of consumer (read: end user) equipment would have MDI/MDIX ethernet ports. All it is is auto sensing and reversing the Tx/Rx lines.

 

Lol there are no issues with the modem or anything or cables for that matter. The MAIN FACT is that MY ASUS EEE NOTEBOOK connects to the modem DIRECTLY while the TB does NOT. THE ? is why that is. Its not a problem AT ALL i was just concerned about it.

I too study networking, but have moved on too forensics

 

Once you hook the TB right to the modem using a straight through cable, power cycle the modem. That should do it...

 

If you can connect directly to your FIOS MODEM with another laptop but NOT the 29, but the 29 connects to your router OK, I'd suspect a network settings issue.

Perhaps your other laptop is configured for DHCP and your 29 is not, or perhaps your 29 is configured for DHCP and your other laptop is either manually configured, or has an alternate configuration available that happens to be on the correct network segment.

mnem
Gimme some Afredo sauce for that Network Spaghetti...