HWIC-2FE V01 not detected on Cisco 2800 router

I have a Cisco 2811 router. The IOS is C2800-NM-AdvancedEnterpriseK9-M ver 12.4(22)YB8. I shut the router down and installed an HWIC-1T ethernet port card and restarted the router. The router does not recognize the HWIC, no additional interfaces show up in the config. When the router restarts, the LEDs adjacent to the two ehternet ports on the HWIC light up and stay green even when nothing is plugged into the ports.

I read the data sheet for the hwic and it says that you need as a minimum 12.4(20)T or better for the software release and IP BASE as the software package.

What else do I need to do to get the Cisco 2811 to recognize the card?

Your current YB version may be older than the requested 12.4(20)T so I would also recommend loading this version (or the latest 12.4T version) and seeing if your card gets recognized.

In addition, could you perhaps post the WS-X45-SUP7L-E  output of the show diag output?

How to connecting 2 cisco 3560 switches

I try to connect 2 WS-C3560X-48T-L   switches with the 1000base-t sfp's. Tried a normal and twisted UTP cable, both no result.

Tried hard coding speed and duplex,
The connection is available at 10 and 100mb with full duplex.
Tried to connect at 1000mb it fails, i think that it is the specs of the cable (utp5 shielded) that is the problem.

digging at the cisco site i finally found some info about the specs of copper cables, but it isn't very clear.

going to buy a cat 5e/6 cable and try it again.

reply to DaSneaky1D
said by DaSneaky1D:

Have you tried using a cross-over cable?
GigE doesn't care about patch or crossover. it uses all four pairs so all you need is the pairs "paired" correctly.

said by cow116:

for 10/100/1000bps ethernet you need cat 6/6e(if they make it) for gigabit. cat 5e is only good for 10/100 and maybe 1000 if u get lucky


Cat5e is fine for GigE, no current standard requires Cat6. by far the most important thing is connectors, some people pull to many twists out when making custom cables. this is a big problem for GigE as FEXT and NEXT can happen very easily. if you're sloppy and pull the twists out you'll have "strange" issues.

said by davelaw:

gig over copper cabling from switch to switch requires a special crossover cable that can be found on the cisco website. Gige uses 4 pairs, many xover cables only cross pairs 1,2 to 3,6, but all 4 pairs need crossing for gige.
see answer 1

what model switch do you have? a 3560-24PS or WS-C3560X-48T-S , all the fastE ports are 10/100. only the SFP ports are GigE. it sounds like your trying to set the speed on the wrong port in the config.