Fibre working over Wifi, not LAN

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#1971575 9-Mar-2018 10:22

Have you attempted the above to simply remove/uninstall the LAN device from Device Manager and allow Windows to reinstall it on reboot? I have used this to fix a number of traffic related issues due to driver config glitches over the past few years. Not as common as a dead NIC, but it certainly has happened.

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#1971683 9-Mar-2018 10:48

trig42:

Just to get it straight.

Have you tried another Ethernet device (ie., NOT your PC) on that cable? Does it get a valid IP address (not 169.254.x.x)

Have you tried another Modem?

Have you tried a different cable direct to the Modem?

Have you tried a factory reset on the Modem?

I have tried another PC via LAN to this modem with same cable, it works. Have also sent data over GbE lan to a laptop via this PC so no, lan is fine.

I don't have another modem, yes have tried reset.

Mobo is Asus Z97-A with on-board Intel Ethernet Connection I218-V, which I just tried removing from device manager, uninstalling driver and installing the latest from the Intel website. same thing.

My guess is when I installed another network device (i.e. the wireless adapter), win7 did some retarded stuff which caused this problem, & even if the new device is uninstalled the new protocols causing the problem will be left behind.

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#1971692 9-Mar-2018 10:57

OK.

How did you send data over GbE LAN to a laptop from the PC? Did you put manual IP addresses into each?

Have you tried putting manual IP/Gateway/Subnet and DNS in to see if that works?

If you do not want to believe that your PC LAN port is dead, have you tried downloading a Linux LiveCD OS or WinPE disc and booting to that? Or reinstalling Windows?

As I said previously, I have seen the exact symptoms you are seeing quite a lot. In nearly every case, it is a faulty NIC, which means motherboard replacement (or getting a PCI/PCIex LAN card).

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#1971703 9-Mar-2018 11:08

trig42:

OK.

How did you send data over GbE LAN to a laptop from the PC? Did you put manual IP addresses into each?

Have you tried putting manual IP/Gateway/Subnet and DNS in to see if that works?

If you do not want to believe that your PC LAN port is dead, have you tried downloading a Linux LiveCD OS or WinPE disc and booting to that? Or reinstalling Windows?

As I said previously, I have seen the exact symptoms you are seeing quite a lot. In nearly every case, it is a faulty NIC, which means motherboard replacement (or getting a PCI/PCIex LAN card).

autoconf ip would be fine for Win7+ transfers.

as above screenshots, autoconf in usage so makes sense too...

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#1971721 9-Mar-2018 11:35

trig42:

OK.

How did you send data over GbE LAN to a laptop from the PC? Did you put manual IP addresses into each?

Have you tried putting manual IP/Gateway/Subnet and DNS in to see if that works?

If you do not want to believe that your PC LAN port is dead, have you tried downloading a Linux LiveCD OS or WinPE disc and booting to that? Or reinstalling Windows?

As I said previously, I have seen the exact symptoms you are seeing quite a lot. In nearly every case, it is a faulty NIC, which means motherboard replacement (or getting a PCI/PCIex LAN card).

I sent data from PC to laptop with auto everything, no manual IP - it just worked as they were on the same Workgroup. Is it possible for a NIC to be able to send data but have this sort of error (i.e. be partially stuffed)?

I have not tried putting manual IP entries into LAN IP... probably worth a try. I know the values and range for IP/gateway, but then I have to enter values for DNS servers, what should they be?

I have not tried re-installing windows and would rather shoot myself :D Buying a PCIe NIC is a definite option & will do that tomorrow if all else fails.

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#1971810 9-Mar-2018 12:59

can you log into your router via the wifi adapter, and post a screenshot of the dhcp part, as i'm fairly sure that's where the problem is

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#1971892 9-Mar-2018 14:29

miztic:

can you log into your router via the wifi adapter, and post a screenshot of the dhcp part, as i'm fairly sure that's where the problem is

done but there's not much info there - remember these settings work with lan on another PC

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#1971901 9-Mar-2018 14:49

I'd try LAN interface settings, IP address: 192.168.1.1

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#1971906 9-Mar-2018 14:53

What about the DHCP reservation section? Can you scroll down/expand that?

Can you give us a screenshot of the page where you saw "I can also see the PC listed as a connected ethernet device in the modem gui."

Just to confirm, does the PC still show zero packets received on its wired LAN?

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#1971983 9-Mar-2018 16:00

OK... TYPING THIS FROM LAN! It be fixed lol. Here's what I did:

1. Powered down & pulled the wireless. 2. after no change, setup manual IP including Spark's DNS servers. After some reading have also set a manual metric on the Gateway to 1, not sure if that's necessary though... 3. Reset the modem again. All good :)

Ran speed test, 1ms ping & 460Mbps upload, nice... The first download attempt was only 130 for some reason? Second test 915 where it should be. Just in time for Friday beers lol.

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#1971997 9-Mar-2018 16:35

Glad to hear you managed to get it sorted.

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#1972152 9-Mar-2018 21:14

arcon: After some reading have also set a manual metric on the Gateway to 1, not sure if that's necessary though...

It has been.

The DNS addresses don't care - they have only different response times. (most are Google and they are fast - for the price they know you are looking for in the internet).

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