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Can an ethernet cable die?

No connection still, I've tried a different cable, checked my bios to make sure it's enabled, I am getting a green light on the mb NIC port, tried the secondary on-board NIC, my modem seems to know it's there, I've tried my backup HDD boot OS drive, checked my ipconfig settings, looked at device manager and still nothing; no connection.

EDIT: the other ports on my router work too
 
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Cables can die, especially if you mistreat them. Seems like that's not your problem... but yea, they can die.
 
that is why the department of defense prohibits man made ethernet now - to prevent human error from causing massive outages to (not really) save a buck.

lol
 
Yup. Cables pretty much all just rot in place...even perfectly crafted ones.

The plastics typically used for the sheath and wire insulation out-gas and deteriorate, changing the propagation characteristics and bringing the cable slowly out-of-spec.

There are some changes to the physical contact connections as well, with the contacts oxidizing, or in some cases building corrosion like a battery terminal because of the various metal compositions (gold coated contacts resist this).

I honestly don't remember the specific details, and it's been a while since I read it; Anixter, Belden, Commscope and some others did studies ... I think they published 'em.
 
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yeah you need to seriously (for your health too) maintain a decent humidity. if you never had a rackbotz or netbotz to borrow - i suggest you ask a buddy (old ones go for $30-60 on ebay) they monitor the basic elements (airflow/humidity/dew point/temp/contact wetness/video) on various models and can be logged and proactively alert you. while you might say thats great for a datacenter - it is - it's also really darn good for your health.

when humidity falls between 40 and 50 you'll find a sweet spot - too moist and corrosion and spores and other nasties - too dry and somewhat the opposite effect - breathing problems definitely.

One would think geeks like us would have optimized air quality for optimal breathing/sleeping at all times with smarter air/heat control units at home - but we don't - yet we freak out when the liebert's move slightly out of their cooling/humidity settings lol.
 
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