T5 issue No Ethernet un-pluged

[keegster17]

Last night I added a new donation to my T5, it worked fine. I powered it off, and moved it up stairs to another tv but it would not connect to the internet. So I moved it back downstairs, with same set up and now nothing. tried three different Cat5 cables, still no luck. It just says something like No Ethernet Un-pluged. Weird, this unit has worked great for two years. I don't see a light on the port of the Linkey's router, but on occasion at the back of the unit, I get a yellow flashing, and sometimes a green one, so everything looks like it is functioning properly? Could it be when I powered it off, I lost my server info., but I did re-enter like three times as well, no change. I also powered off modem, receiver, and router like 5 times.

[Terryl]

Yellow flashing at the LAN connection could mean that there is an IP conflict with something else in the system.

If you have the router assigning the IP addresses then can you check your routers IP address list to see what IP is being assigned to the box your having problems with? It should be assigned by computer name or MAC address.

[keegster17]

How do i resolve the IP conflict? I have to Linky's routers with DDWRT, so they would have two different IP addresses, I think this is where my problem started when I moved the box upstairs, but I hard wired it. I am not very handy computer wise. the second router, was used to extend the signal from the main router downstairs.

[Terryl]

Can you run a test CAT 5 down to the main router? You can get CAT 5 coupler's and run a CAT 5 several hundred feet if needed.

This would test if there is an IP conflict somewhere in the second router, the routers by default assign the IP addressing through what is called "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)" with this the router assigns the IP address, DNS and default gateway to the computer, (or other device) using a second router with DHCP enabled will re-assign the IP addressing but the second router should not change the DNS and default gateway addresses.

You stated that your not too computer handy, who setup your routers with DD-WRT??? You or someone else? And did the second router work fine with other attached equipment after doing this?

Here is a link to a WIKI for troubleshooting the DD-WRT setup, it could be that something is setup wrong in the second router.

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Tutorials

[keegster17]

I did all of it, does mean I know what I am doing. lol.
It is an old setup, I just wanted to watch tv upstairs and come out of the basement since the weather is good now.
What if for now, I just unplug the router upstairs, to see if it is creating a conflict? It is to much work to run a Cat5 to main router, plus like I said, this system has worked for a long time, I just think the timing is odd, since I just changed my server info.

[Terryl]

I mentioned running the CAT 5 down to the main router as a test, but if you can't just snake it down the stairs as a temporary will it still work setup, then it may be something to do with the service, maybe something with one too many of the same MAC addys from your location......Can't help you with that part as I don't use IKS stuff.

Maybe someone with a better grip on the IKS stuff can help you out better then I can if this is the case.


"Come out of the basement since the weather is good now", that's funny.... You don't live in tornado alley do you???? I did for a while, we almost had to live in the basement during the spring and summer due to storm's.

[KIDWCKED]

have you tried switching from DHCP to static in network settings?

[keegster17]

Well I resolved the issue. You know where the cat5 cable goes into the receiver to make a connection, well those tiny little bronze teeth were compressed down for some reason, making it not possible to get a connection. I had to very carefully pop them out with a very tiny screwdriver, and voila. So maybe guys be careful when popping that cat5 cable in and out, as maybe over time, it wears these bronze teeth, (is what I call them) down.

[Terryl]

Good job Keegster.....Hummm that connector must have bein a very very cheap one, the normal insert/withdraw cycle for the LAN RJ 45 connector is around 10,000 cycles.

[keegster17]

Terryl you are like a Cliff Clavin of this forum. lol. You know your stuff.