I have a powerbookg4 that has been connected to a linsys wrt54g for years. It worked both wireless and wired. (recently i only used wired)
Yesterday I bought a netgear wnr3500 for the wireless N and gigabit ports in hopes of speeing up a vpn connection.
I have a powermac, and ip printer that connect perfectly to the routers ports, and my powerbook and a hp laptop that , and 2 iphones that connect perfectly though wireless.
The problem is that I want my powerbook, which is only wireless G, to connect through the gigabit ports on the router, since it has a gigabit port on the machine.
When I plug the powerbook into the router, the router doesnt even show that anything is connected to that port. ive tried all 4 ports, and 3 different wires (all cables work with different machines, on every port.)
-ive tried allowing dhcp on the powerbook
-dhcp with manual ip
-manual
it always says that the ethernet cable is unplugged.
If i pull that cable out of the netgear, and plug it into my old linksys, it will get an ip address and connect immediately.
How do I make the powerbook realize it IS plugged in to the netgear router?
The only difference between the ports is that the netgear has gigabit, and the linksys has 100mb. The powerbook is supposed to have a gigabit port.
If I go under the network prefs for the ethernet, and manually change the port to use 100basetx then it works. Auto select wont work, and 1000baseT wont work. Why wont my gigabit port work with a gigabit router?
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I would run but an apple router real quick from the Apple store and test with that. you can always return it. This would be the most sure confirmation that the problem is on the Netgear side. If you get your gigabit cone ction there then i would return the netgear and get a dlink or lynksis if you can't afford the Apple brand. Netgear routers have more bugs with os x than any other maker in my expereince.
I finally got a hold of a cat5e and it worked... for a while. Then it kicked out on me again and i had to go back to 100mb. I bought a new cat6, and it still wouldnt work. By not work, I mean the router doesnt even show it being connected. Im starting to think that its just the nic.
The cable, at least for a while, worked. thanks.
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by: KevinCovertPosted on 2009-07-26 at 11:48:33ID: 24946908
are the patch cables you are using Cat5e or Cat6? Make sure your patch cables are capable of 1000Mb.
Thats the first thing I thought of.
Hope that helps KMC