Ethernet cable goes into a loop of disconnected > enabling > disconnected and i have tried everything

[Bryan1590]

Router is R6250 with all the firmware updates and mobo is a msi gaming 5

With that out the way, i have researched online absolutely everything there is and have done everything from fiddling with the properties when u go to the device manager along with the whole nine yards.

It is really frustrating because of HOW RANDOM it is and i can not stress that enough and i dont need to be doing anything as i could be hardcore gaming or watching twitch streams to just having the blank background and it doesnt matter. The past month it has been in the loop i mentioned above where it is disconnected > enabling > identifying > disconnected and sometimes it just skips the identifying part. The random part of it is that the past couple months or so this problem has maybe happened once or twice and that's it while this month ( and other months in the past ) it has been going out for 2-4 times a day and is super frustrating as i have no idea what to do.

When the internet goes out i instantly go to check on my phone if it works and it does, then i go downstairs to my dads office to see if his internet is out ( he is wired like me ) and his is working fine and from there i go into the router and check if i am in the "attached devices" and sure enough i am not there and recently i have been looking into the logs and they look something like this ( taken from earlier today )

"[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:38:48
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:38:34
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:38:20
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:38:06
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:37:55
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:37:38
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:37:24
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:37:04
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:36:48
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:36:35
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:36:20
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:36:06
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:35:45
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:35:32
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:35:18
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:35:04
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:34:50
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:34:36
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:34:23
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:34:08
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:33:55
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:33:41
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:33:29
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:31:12
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:31:00
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:30:45
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:30:32
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:30:20
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.16)] to MAC address DC:2B:2A:3D:69:1E, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:29:57
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.7)] to MAC address D8:CB:8A:57:3F:93, Tuesday, Sep 05,2017 19:29:51"

Event viewer does not show anything and so at this point i am coming here with high hopes as i cant seem to find anyone with the same problem as me ( or at least exactly what im having ). If anybody needs more information i will be more than glad to provide it.

 

[boju]

Hi,

Guessing you've tried another network cable? Intermittent drops as you describe sounds like the network cable, in the wall or wall to you.

Wiggling all connectings, behind the wall socket trying to expose any fractures.

Try another router port also

 

[Bryan1590]

Hi,

Guessing you've tried another network cable? Intermittent drops as you describe sounds like the network cable, in the wall or wall to you.

Wiggling all connectings, behind the wall socket trying to expose any fractures.

Try another router port also

I have tried other ports on the router yea but have not tried another cable as it will be quite a challenge to do so asit is wired above and under the house using this cable ( https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-100-Feet-Shielded-Twisted-Networking/dp/B005ILWY0K/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1504674576&sr=1-4&keywords=rosewill+100+feet+cat7 ) and it is connected from my ethernet port directly to the router.

 

[boju]

Yeah i get that.

Face the monitor toward you or get someone to help watch the screen while you wiggle or push the network cable end and see if you can mimic the problem.

Another idea is to move pc to another room for testing.

 

[Bryan1590]

Yeah i get that.

Face the monitor toward you or get someone to help watch the screen while you wiggle or push the network cable end and see if you can mimic the problem.

Another idea is to move pc to another room for testing.

Did as you said ( recorded my screen with phone ) and i got no luck mimicking the problem. I wiggled the cord going into the pc and into the router along with pulling on the cord and shaking it just to see if that does anything and it stayed connected the whole time. When the ethernet goes out, what i do is go into the back of my pc and unplug it and plug it back in a few times to see if it works and if not i go downstairs and log into the router using my dads pc and restart the router there and sometimes it works if that means anything. i was planning on using a old router we have just for the sake of seeing if it could fix it or not.

 

[boju]

Yeah try another router that could be the problem but if its only happening to you then moving the pc to where you know the network works is what id do.

 

[bill001g]

Normally I would recommend replacing the end on the cable but cat7 are a huge pain to get replaced. Cat5e is so simple compared to cat7.

I will assume you do not have a crimp tool. In that case I would buy a keystone wall jack. Those either have a plastic punch down tool with them or you can use a very small screw driver to push the wires in. You would then use a very short ethernet cable to connect between the jack and the pc or router. You can use cat5e keystone on your cat7 cable. You didn't really need cat7 in the first place cat5e will run up to gigabit speeds with no issues.

 

[boju]

I was thinking the same with cat 7 but i suppose its future proof when we get to those speeds eventually

5e is used in my house and between them gets around 112MB/s

 

[Bryan1590]

Normally I would recommend replacing the end on the cable but cat7 are a huge pain to get replaced. Cat5e is so simple compared to cat7.

I will assume you do not have a crimp tool. In that case I would buy a keystone wall jack. Those either have a plastic punch down tool with them or you can use a very small screw driver to push the wires in. You would then use a very short ethernet cable to connect between the jack and the pc or router. You can use cat5e keystone on your cat7 cable. You didn't really need cat7 in the first place cat5e will run up to gigabit speeds with no issues.

I do have a crimp tool actually but am a bit confused on the whole "connect between the jack and the pc or router" part. but looking up the whole cat5e keystone im assuming that i would connect my cat7 cord to that thing then run a cat5e ( which i have ) cable into the ethernet port on my pc right?

 

[bill001g]

All I am suggesting is to put a wall jack (ie a keystone) on the end of the cable because it is simpler. You do not actually have to mount the jack in the wall you could just leave it loose. You would then use a short commercial patch cable between the new wall jack and the pc.

If you have a crimp tool you could try to reterminate the end. Even cat5e ends take a lot of practice to get correctly and even people with lots of experience still get them wrong. Cat7 the cable has a lot more plastic and metal shielding in it. To actually get a cat7 termination is very hard. Even putting cat5e plugs on a cat7 cable is hard because the physical cable is a lot stiffer and hard to work with.

 

[boju]

Bottom line to your original post we figure the problem is the cable in your wall and how its been terminated.

To rule out the possibility being your pc or the effort involved investigating the network cable to your room being at fault was to move your pc for testing. Even a laptop in your room will do if possible.

Cat versions can mixed but will only go as fast as lowest dinominator.