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Possible port failure?

Benjji
By Benjji
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Hey!

I have a Cat6 wall port thingy in my room and I’ve noticed that when I bearly touch the Ethernet cable that is connected to it, it disconnects whatever it is plugged into it. I have also noticed that my Ethernet has been cutting out randomly from the wall plug to my PC.

Could the Ethernet wall plug be damaged? 

Also, even if it is damaged, why would It still work fine but then randomly cut out?

 

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Possible, yes. I would suspect a faulty cable before I suspected a faulty port, however. Try replacing the cable, see if you see any improvement.

Check your modem and/or router for any event logs, see if there's an issue with your connection dropping reported there.

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sounds like a bad port. Terminate a new one and try.

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Either the termination (the connection of the wires to the pins) in the cable or walljack is bad, or the walljack is damaged and a pin isn’t making a good contact.

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Just a bit of an update:

There were a few bent pins in the port, just got a screwdriver and pushed them upwards and I guess that fixed it..? 

So yeah, ty.

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