As you can see my 2022 Mac studio will not connect via ethernet unless plugged directly into fiber jack. All my other devices work via router or switch connection. Studio just won't connect.
Any input on fixing this? I ran cat 6 through my basement up to the fiber box since my office is the furthest part of my house.
Mac Studio, macOS 12.6
<< "other devices work" >>
¿is that via Wi-Fi, or do you have other Ethernet-wired devices?
¿did you select a manual speed, or allow your Mac to auto-speed (the default)?
¿When you say it won't connect to the Router, what is the EXACT symptom?
Tech specs for Mac Studio say:
Ethernet
NB> NOT 100Base-T
that is where I was heading as well.
also, to support speeds above 100 Base-T, a modulated signal is required, and that requires that all four pairs of wires be present and wired correctly.
100 and slower just needs two pairs of wires.
Did the Internet service provider's technician verify Internet access at the router, or only at the jack? If only at the jack, was this router provided by your ISP or is it one you own? For the latter, did you verify that this router is supported by your ISP?
Is the "Google Fiber jack" an ONT? The ONT is a device that connects to the fiber optic cable and converts the optical signals into electrical signals that can be used by your home network. It acts as a gateway between the fiber network and your local area network (LAN).
My work provided MBP works via the same ethernet cable.
If I connect via ethernet cord to the router or switch it doest recognize it. Or sometimes it will after being on the computer for an hour or so. It will connect via wifi but slow as its the furthest room from the router.
What speeds does the router support on the side facing the Mac Studio?
The Mac Studio has "10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T Ethernet with support for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb, and 10Gb Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)." A MacBook Pro that is old enough (mid-2012 or earlier) to have built-in Ethernet might support "10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)"
I'm thinking that the Mac Studio's Ethernet port might not run at anything less than Gigabit Ethernet speed – and that if the router worked with an old MacBook Pro, it may be because the router was offering 100 Mbps, and the MBP auto-negotiated down to that level.
That supports the hypothesis that Ethernet Speeds is the issue.
That same message is what appears when you cannot match speeds with the Router/Switch as well.
Mac Studio can't run slowly, it requires Gigabit Ethernet support on the connected device.
¿What make&model is your Router? and your switch?
Two things that come to mind are a bad green cable in the top diagram and/or a bad port on the router. Have you tried changing either?
No the green cord is the same in both scenarios. Same issue if I change the ports on the switch or on the router. This works for my work supplied MacBook Pro but not my personal studio.
<< it doest recognize it. >>
what EXACTLY does that mean?
how did you decide that?
what symptoms are you seeing, exactly?
No connection. Just red.
Furthermore, I went out a bought a USBC to ethernet dongle and that works. but plugging directly into the ethernet port does not work
so it is saying. "Cable not connected"
or something else?
Yes says "not connected" If I unplugged the ethernet cord then it says cable not connected
Again, what is the make & model of your router?
Mac Studio not connecting via ethernet unless connected directly into Fiber Jack.
