Thunderbolt to Ethernet Problem

[drober30]

My workplace does not have WiFi right now so I must cable up my Macbook Pro.

I'm using the thunderbolt to Ethernet on my Retina Mackbook pro but when I unplug my Ethernet cable in my office and relocate to the conference room and plug in another Ethernet cable, the connection is never recognized. I must reboot before it will work.

Is anybody familiar with this issue?

 

[uhslax24]

My workplace does not have WiFi right now so I must cable up my Macbook Pro.

I'm using the thunderbolt to Ethernet on my Retina Mackbook pro but when I unplug my Ethernet cable in my office and relocate to the conference room and plug in another Ethernet cable, the connection is never recognized. I must reboot before it will work.

Is anybody familiar with this issue?

I haven't had any problems!

 

[drober30]

I haven't had any problems!

Thanks, thats important to know. Before I drive myself crazy troubelshooting, I always check in to see if its a known issue.

 

[bax2003]

I adore that kind of answers: "I haven't had any problems!".
Very helpful.

I had ecxatly the same problem with MacBook Pro 13" mid2010 2.4GHz, and problem persisted through 10.6 and 10.7. Then I switched to same but faster MBP, 2.66, and I never had same problem again. Point is that is either firmware of hardware issue. That is my conclusion from what I experienced.

 

[brentsg]

I adore that kind of answers: "I haven't had any problems!".
Very helpful.

I had ecxatly the same problem with MacBook Pro 13" mid2010 2.4GHz, and problem persisted through 10.6 and 10.7. Then I switched to same but faster MBP, 2.66, and I never had same problem again. Point is that is either firmware of hardware issue. That is my conclusion from what I experienced.

So you don't like a user's positive comment, but your experiences with a non-thunderbolt computer are somehow relevant to the thunderbolt issue here?

 

[dyn]

When relocating, do you keep the TB-GbE adapter plugged in (thus really only removing the ethernet cable and not the adapter as well)?

Not recognising the connection is something that needs some further explaining: do you mean you get no ip settings (only something like 169.254.x.x) or do you mean the network card isn't recognised any more?

 

[uhslax24]

I adore that kind of answers: "I haven't had any problems!".
Very helpful.

I had ecxatly the same problem with MacBook Pro 13" mid2010 2.4GHz, and problem persisted through 10.6 and 10.7. Then I switched to same but faster MBP, 2.66, and I never had same problem again. Point is that is either firmware of hardware issue. That is my conclusion from what I experienced.

Thanks for sharing. Boy -- so much more helpful than my comment!

 

[nonameguy]

I have the identical problem... with the same HW. Was there a solution to the problem?