Hi All,
I am upgrading my network and added a better router. In the process I had to fix a cable that's running outside my house with new RJ45 ends which seemed to do the trick. I noticed occasional drop outs in the connection. Streaming videos from my NAS would lock up for 30 seconds, that sort of thing. So I am going to replace it at the weekend. I seem to be now be getting reduced speeds from it, not full gigabit as it was yesterday.
==TLDR
My question is this, can Cat 5E cable simply be bad, I assumed it would either work, or not work, or perhaps work intermittently. I've never seen reduced speeds in this way before. Is this possible?
I am asking as I want to know will replacing just this one cable help my problem or do I need to dig deeper?
==TLDR END
More detail:
This morning I am getting internet speeds of < 100Mbs when I normally get 3-4 times more than that.
So I used iperf to test LAN connections from my main PC to my laptop from the 2 switches and finally the router that leads my PC to the internet. PC > Switch 1 > Switch 2 > Router > Modem.
From both switches I get full gigabit, but from the router I only managed 105Mbs. I tested this the same way on the day I put it all together and definitely got full gigabit everywhere.
I am upgrading my network and added a better router. In the process I had to fix a cable that's running outside my house with new RJ45 ends which seemed to do the trick. I noticed occasional drop outs in the connection. Streaming videos from my NAS would lock up for 30 seconds, that sort of thing. So I am going to replace it at the weekend. I seem to be now be getting reduced speeds from it, not full gigabit as it was yesterday.
==TLDR
My question is this, can Cat 5E cable simply be bad, I assumed it would either work, or not work, or perhaps work intermittently. I've never seen reduced speeds in this way before. Is this possible?
I am asking as I want to know will replacing just this one cable help my problem or do I need to dig deeper?
==TLDR END
More detail:
This morning I am getting internet speeds of < 100Mbs when I normally get 3-4 times more than that.
So I used iperf to test LAN connections from my main PC to my laptop from the 2 switches and finally the router that leads my PC to the internet. PC > Switch 1 > Switch 2 > Router > Modem.
From both switches I get full gigabit, but from the router I only managed 105Mbs. I tested this the same way on the day I put it all together and definitely got full gigabit everywhere.
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