Agreed, that would be the best method but as Hans said in a later message
the switch is physicaly very far away. Hans if you can get someone who is
onsite to unplug the CAT5 and do a shut/no shut you can see if the behavior
changes. Otherwise it sounds like a road trip is in order.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael"
To: "Mike Mandulak" ;
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]
> Herr Stout,
>
> Another easy way of determining if the problem is with the port or the
> cable would be to plug both ends of the cat 5 cable(s) into a cable
> tester. The manner Mike proposes is legit but I would want to
> positively know that all pairs are 100%. Once you certify the cable as
> being good, then the port would probably be the problem. Hopefully it
> will be the cable...helluva lot cheaper!
>
> -Michael Vaughan
> Senior Network Engineer
> Predator-Hunter.com Inc.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Mandulak
> Sent: Tue 8/7/2001 8:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]
>
>
>
> The only way I can think that it would be a cable problem is if
> there was a
> short in the wire somewhere. Unplug the CAT5 from the suspect
> port, do a
> shut/no shut do you get the same result? Better still plug a PC
> into the
> port, does it stay up/up? Then plug a PC in another port with an
> FTP server
> on it and do some file transfers, then check for errors.
>
> MikeM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hans Stout"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:51 AM
> Subject: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]
>
>
> > Hello colleagues,
> >
> > I have a Cisco 3548 switch and I suspect that one of the
> switch ports is
> not
> > working. All 48 ports have a CAT5 cable connection, and all
> ports are
> > patched to the respective wall outlets, there are no active
> users yet, so
> > all the ports are down/down. When I do a shut/no shut on all
> the ports, I
> > can see in the log that all ports except one show that the
> port goes up
> and
> > then down. To my best knowledge, the fact that the port goes
> up/down after
> a
> > shut/no shut shows that the port is ok. The port that doesn't
> work goes
> down
> > right away. My question is: does this mean that the actual
> physical switch
> > port is defective, or that the CAT5 cable attached to the
> switch isn't
> > working, or that something on the path from the switch port to
> the wall
> > outlet isn't working ?
> > Thanks for your help in advance !
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hans
> >
> >
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