Two computers connected by a single Cat 5e Ethernet cable.
Two computers connected by a single Cat 5e Ethernet cable.
I attempted to move roughly 40 GB of video from my laptop with a GbE LAN port to a PC also equipped with a GbE port using Windows 10’s built-in file sharing. Despite setting each device to negotiate a 1.0 Gbps connection in the Speed & Duplex settings, the connections didn’t establish. Previously, Mr. Linus managed a similar task at 10 Gbps, suggesting hardware limitations might be involved. My PC likely has an Intel Pentium G4560 and my laptop an Intel Core-i5 6300 HQ. Assistance needed!
Both devices support gigabit network cards. Adjusting auto-negotiation to enforce 1Gbps full-duplex will affect performance. Assign IP addresses such as Machine 1: 192.168.1.10 and Machine 2: 192.168.1.11 using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. No gateway or DNS is required, just connect via the shared IP.
The cable type must be a crossover unless your network interfaces support autosensing since the interface isn’t displaying a connection. For a crossover (x-over) cable, you can connect two devices with one cable. A straight-through cable (standard cat5e setup) won’t work. Get a crossover cable and manually assign IP addresses on the link.
Btw isn't this BASE100-T crossover? You want to have BASE1000-T Crossover right? That should be like this:
It looks like OP might not be experiencing a crossover problem. I suspect the issue could be with the cable quality or connection. Try resetting the card settings to defaults and test with a different cable. For a quick fix, you can purchase an HDD adapter and connect it via USB—it’s a handy option. Here’s a useful link: http://a.co/cnZkQsj
Yea, my bad that is 100M I posted, cheers for the correction. Been awhile since I had to crimp any x-over cabling.
The pin configuration matches a gigabit crossover cable, but the labeling on the sides that says one is 568A and the other is 568B is inaccurate. A cable that is truly 568A on one side and 568B on the other simply exchanges the green and orange connectors while keeping blue and brown as straight-through. This creates a cable that works as a 100Mb crossover, yet it will not connect properly at gigabit speeds even with Auto-MDIX enabled on both ends.