[Eug Wanker]

So I was surfing along today at work where I have my Cube, and was using Transmit hooking up to .Mac.

I don't know if it did something to my networking, because now internet access with my 100 Mbps Ethernet connection (thru a Linksys switch, hooked up to my workplace's network) suddenly is EXTREMELY slow. It had been working just fine for several days before that.

I tried switching ports on the switch. No difference.

I tried a new cable. Exactly the same.

Tried rebooting. No improvement.

Tried connecting through wireless (Linksys switch --> SMC wireless router). Works fine.

Then I went into the network settings and turned off 100 Mbps Ethernet support and manually forced it to 10 Mbps. Works 100% fine. Everything is speedy again.

So, I now know my network jack isn't dying, but why won't it work properly at 100 Mbps?
My PC is on the same switch, and works fine with a 100 Mbps connection.

[tooki]

Did you try rebooting the switch? I've seen them crash and start misbehaving.

Also, did you try a different cable? (I know, unlikely, but it's easy enough to test.)

tooki

[ghporter]

The cable between the switch and the company network is one possible culprit-swap it out with a BRAND NEW cable and see if there's any difference. If not, use the same brand new cable between the switch and your computer. If you can, try connecting directly to the office network with the brand new cable. That will indicate whether or not the Linksys box has anything to do with the problem.

[Big Mac]

How did you force it down to 10Mb, EW?

[tooki]

In Panther and higher, it's right in the Network settings.
Go to the settings for the ethernet port, click the Ethernet tab, and then change the "Configure: " menu from Automatically to Manually. All the settings will appear.

tooki