on 22-08-2024 14:14
Hi
yesterday 21/08/24 all ethernet connections stopped working but wifi is fine. This happened a month or two back and an engineer called and replaced my hub3. He explained that this issue was probably caused by VM pushing an update.
Today I have pinhole reset the router and ethernet connections were up for about a minute before going down again.
I contacted faults the first person checked a few things but needed to pass me to someone else. The second person asked me to swap cables to different ports. I followed this and ethernet worked for about 1min. I was then told it is a cable issue and replacement would be sent to me. Its not just 1 ethernet dropping but all of them. I was sent a cable the last time this happened and this replacement cable is being used to connect my main pc to my hub3 and is not working so not a cable issue just VMs easy answer for this issue
I see this is not an isolated issue and VM must be able to see many people are having this issue but not acting on it.
I just want this resolved once and for all.
Hope you can help thanx
22-08-2024 14:28 - edited 22-08-2024 14:29
If another hub swap happens and you still have a issue you should check another wired device
so you are directly connected to the hub by wire yes?
22-08-2024 14:32 - edited 22-08-2024 14:33
Could be a cable issue? Unplug all the cables and reset the Hub. Just replace the cables one at a time. At each step see if the ethernet is working? Only then proceed to the next cable and so on. It may also be a rogue device causing the Hub's switch to fail? Hopefully working through this methodically will bring some results.
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on 22-08-2024 14:41
There have only very sporadic reports of Hub 3 network ports failing.
Do the Hub 3 network port LEDs stay out when Ethernet is not working ?
Or are they flashing constantly like there was a network loop ?
on 22-08-2024 16:00
Thanks for the reply. Since my 1st post I have pinholes the hub again and connected my main pc via ethernet and all seemed fine for about half hour. The port led blinks as it should. I also turned hub off for 1min then back on and ethernet connection is back for the moment. Will wait before connecting other devices. Will keep you posted tomorrow
on 22-08-2024 16:11
In spite of what VM may have as guidance on their website the way to perform a full factory reset of the VM Hub is :
Press RESET for 60 Seconds,
then the VM Hub must remain Powered On and given time to revert to the factory settings.