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Imac ethernet status12/28/2023 ![]() Fortunately, I had 2 smaller switches I could test with, and there does in fact seem to be an icompatibility between the new (2021) iMac and the Netgear GS316. The transfer would start and get about 20% complete before the ping would start timing out and the network connection would start to turn off and then on again.Įnded up calling Apple and they suggested the route that you went, taking the switch out of the picture. I started a continuous ping test and then try to move a 4 GB file from my NAS over to the iMac. I've noticed that the network would act goofy at times, large file transfers would just stop, my network Time Machine backup would never finish, etc. New iMac (with Apple Silicon) wired into a Netgear GS316 unmanaged switch. I wish I would have seen this about a week ago. I'm just curious to see if my issue is shared by anyone else. I swapped out the new switch with the old and my connectivity issues returned.Īgain, I did not post this looking for help as the issue is already resolved. The golden standard of troubleshooting is being able to replicate the issue. Several test transfers later and I felt confident I had solved the issue. I swapped out the switches and the ethernet drops the 2021 iMac was experiencing stopped. I went out an about an unmanaged switch (Netgear JGS524) with a built in power supply. The switch, a Netgear GS316, is powered by a 12v, 1a power supply/cable combo which I believe is unable to provide the peak power demand from the network. My last effort was connecting both iMacs and a 10GB file transfer was successful without any drops.īecause the 2021 M1 iMac's optional ethernet adapter is housed in the power brick, I theorize that the amperage of the data payload coming from the iMac to the switch, couple with the rest of network traffic, was causing the port on the switch to drop the connection. I spent 2 days trouble shooting everything at the phsycial layer of my network. All transfers were successful, albiet, slow due to drops. Sometimes it would drop only at the end of the file transfer, other times it would drop/reconnect throughout the transfer. I opened □ -> System Preferences -> Network during a large file transfer (a 10GB video file) and sure enough, the ethernet connection was dropping between green dot "connected" to red dot "not connected" but there wasn't any sort of pattern. I have a status bar widget that reports my IP address that triggered me to investigate what ended up being my ethernet connection dropping during large file tranfers. Point being, the 2021 iMac is using the same ethernet port as the 2015 iMac was using. The 2021 iMac has replaced the old 2015 iMac and, as such, is taking up the space of where the 2015 iMac was. This 2021 iMac was purchased as an upgrade to my 2015 iMac. 1) I'm curious to see if anyone else has experienced this issue and 2) if so, I hope this post helps. ![]() The following issue is completely resolve but I'm posting this here for 2 reasons.
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