Question Can someon please explain this?

[kinggaming60]

So i recently bought a CAT 6 cable and i have been capped to 100mbp/s and cannot get it to go to 1gbp/s at all despite my modem and PC allowing the 1gbp/s potential but windows still locks it to 100mbp/s. On the other hand, My brother is using a normal CAT 5 cable not CAT5e and is getting the 1 Gbp/s speeds over ethernet. PLEASE EXPLAIN!

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[kanewolf]

Is this "cat 6" cable a flat cable or a copper clad aluminum (CCA) cable? Is the wire gauge 22 to 24? Does the EIA certification printed on the cable?

Those are the things that determine the quality of a cable. What "CAT" it is, is less important.

Also, do you know that your device has gigabit network? Some laptops are 100Mbit only.

 

[kinggaming60]

Is this "cat 6" cable a flat cable or a copper clad aluminum (CCA) cable? Is the wire gauge 22 to 24? Does the EIA certification printed on the cable?

Those are the things that determine the quality of a cable. What "CAT" it is, is less important.

Also, do you know that your device has gigabit network? Some laptops are 100Mbit only.

I have a desktop, and i have even gone to the lenghts of contacting ASUS to ask them directly if my motherboard the ASUS Prime Z370-P is compatible with 1Gbp/s ethernet and they have stated that yes it is. My cable isn't flat and is made from copper, im not quite sure how i can check the wire gage but there are the grey lines printed all over the ethernet cable

 

[kanewolf]

Is this a commercial cable or homemade? Do you connect directly to the router or do you have wall plugs in the connection?

 

[kinggaming60]

Is this a commercial cable or homemade? Do you connect directly to the router or do you have wall plugs in the connection?

It's a commercial cable bought from amazon and it is directly to the router.

 

[kanewolf]

You really need to try a second cable. Even a new cable can be bad.

 

[kinggaming60]

You really need to try a second cable. Even a new cable can be bad.

The company that i bought it off have shipped out a replacement cable, but besides that fact do you have any idea how a CAT 5 is getting 1Gbp/s

 

[kanewolf]

if all 8 cables are connected, with the proper color code, most cat5 cable will handle gigabit. It may not work at long distances, but for most distances it will be just fine for gigabit.

 

[kinggaming60]

But i thought CAT5 could only support up to 100mbp/s?

 

[jsmithepa]

As suggested, these days sub-standard cables are sold, u have to pay attention, plus Amazon these days is like eBay, they sell third-party stuff and act like a middle-man only. U did no mention whether u swap cable with brother to test, it can be an issue on your machine NIC/driver.

 

[kinggaming60]

As suggested, these days sub-standard cables are sold, u have to pay attention, plus Amazon these days is like eBay, they sell third-party stuff and act like a middle-man only. U did no mention whether u swap cable with brother to test, it can be an issue on your machine NIC/driver.

The cable is way too short for me to test it out, won't reach my room at all but i will see if i can test it another day, and ive installed the drivers that both Realtek and ASUS have assured me that allow the 1Gbp/s ethernet connection