Network Issue

[SirFooK'nG]

Please help me solve my network issue...

I just extended my network cabling at home a bit, all is 10/100mbit (no gigabit). Goes like this...

Middle of house = Telephone line & ADSL router (Netgear) Wireless is enabled no problems there
Lounge HTPC to Router works fine.(Wired - 568A both ends)
PC Room CNET 5 port switch to Router works fine. (Wired - 568B both ends)
PC1 to CNET 5 Port works fine (Wired 568B both ends)
PC1 to Router works fine, PC1 to HTPC works fine)
PC Room CNET 5 Port switch to bedroom 5 Port Netgear switch (problematic) Wired 568A both ends
Zotac Mag to 5 Port Netgear (works fine - 568A both ends)
LG BluRay HET to 5 Port Netgear (works fine - 568A both ends)
PC2 to 5 Port Netgear (works fine - 568A both ends)
Zotac, LG HET & PC2 communicate at full speed no problem. but as soon as I try access anything past the Netgear switch to the CNET switch (internet, PC1 or HTPC) I get pathetic transfer rates and ping losses. All my cable is Cat5e and brand new.

So i know my issue is between CNET & Netgear switches. To the best of my knowledge, mixing 568A with 568B cables will work fine as long as both ends are the same (no crossover or using 568A on one end and 568B on the other). If I am wrong, please tell me. Also there shouldnt be an issue with two switches linke to each other??(getting a little past my home networking skills) if not, logically it is my cable thats faulty, pinouts are correct (quadripple checked)...

Any help ....

 

[thisgeek]

Could be a faulty cable, or could simply be the two switches not liking each other.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Solved it.... My CNET switch was too old, did not do auto switching... I replaced it with an SMC 8 port, all works 100%

 

[jannievanzyl]

Solved it.... My CNET switch was too old, did not do auto switching... I replaced it with an SMC 8 port, all works 100%

With Ethernet networks that don't use full store and forward switches, you still need to ensure the collision domain is within specs (the old 5-4-3 rule) otherwise you're going to get lots of problems with multiple nodes causing undetected collisions.

You most likely resolved this by putting a proper bridge in. (Or switch, as they like to call them nowadays.) Every bridge will recreate a new collision domain, so you can string as many together as you like.