Question Getting bad speeds and ping with ethernet cable

[AxelSSS]

Hello.
I have recently changed my wifi connection from wireless to a wired connection using a cat6 ethernet cable.
But i am getting worse speeds that i was getting with wireless and the same ping, i am wondering if there is something i have done wrong or if i just have bad hardware for a wired connection.
I have a netgear orbi router that could push a few gigs with a wired connection, but i am just not seeing the same effect that is advertised.
is for my ethernet connection i am using a cat6 cable and a inter ethernet Controller I225-V, but i am wondering if it is outdated hardware and is i should consider a upgrade to get a faster connection.

 

[USAFRet]

Crappy cable is the first suspect.
Especially "cat6".

 

[AxelSSS]

Crappy cable is the first suspect.
Especially "cat6".

hmm alright, i am using an exibel cat6 cable and could that be the problem?

 

[USAFRet]

hmm alright, i am using an exibel cat6 cable and could that be the problem?

link to what you purchased?

 

[AxelSSS]

link to what you purchased?

I am Norwegian but i suppose that there is no problem to be linking the website i bought is of even though it might not be the most optimal for you: https://www.clasohlson.com/no/Exibe...8975?msockid=0d35412d03af6a560c63546a02f86b78

 

[USAFRet]

I am Norwegian but i suppose that there is no problem to be linking the website i bought is of even though it might not be the most optimal for you: https://www.clasohlson.com/no/Exibe...8975?msockid=0d35412d03af6a560c63546a02f86b78

The problem is...there is a lot of stuff labeled at "Cat6", because 6 is better than 5, right?
But a LOT of it is junk.

Unless you need greater than gigabit speed, good quality Cat5e is all you need.
I've had very good results with Monoprice cables.

 

[AxelSSS]

The problem is...there is a lot of stuff labeled at "Cat6", because 6 is better than 5, right?
But a LOT of it is junk.

Unless you need greater than gigabit speed, good quality Cat5e is all you need.
I've had very good results with Monoprice cables.

Alright, but what if the problem is still occurring when i have gotten myself a high quality cat 5 cable is there a possibility that there might be some problems with my motherboard?

 

[USAFRet]

Alright, but what if the problem is still occurring when i have gotten myself a high quality cat 5 cable is there a possibility that there might be some problems with my motherboard?

Anything is possible.

But get the easy cheap likely thing out of the way first.

 

[AxelSSS]

Anything is possible.

But get the easy cheap likely thing out of the way first.

Alright, i will go out to the store as soon as i can and get a new cable and i will try to remember to update you with the result

 

[bill001g]

Guess it depends on what you mean bad speeds. Check the status menu for the ethernet port it should tell you the speed. If it says 100/100 that is likely a bad cable.

In general a bad cable causes packet loss. Indirectly it can cause slower transfers but the data itself passes through the cable at some fraction of the speed of light. It is the software that causes any delays.

You should ping the router IP to test. It should always be less than 1ms. The cable itself can not cause a delay since there is no place for the data to be stored and it again travels at some fixed fraction of the speed of light that is so small a value you almost can't calculate it on a short cable in your house.

 

[kanewolf]

Hello.
I have recently changed my wifi connection from wireless to a wired connection using a cat6 ethernet cable.
But i am getting worse speeds that i was getting with wireless and the same ping, i am wondering if there is something i have done wrong or if i just have bad hardware for a wired connection.
I have a netgear orbi router that could push a few gigs with a wired connection, but i am just not seeing the same effect that is advertised.
is for my ethernet connection i am using a cat6 cable and a inter ethernet Controller I225-V, but i am wondering if it is outdated hardware and is i should consider a upgrade to get a faster connection.

You only have control of the ping to your router. After that it is the ISP responsibility.
If you open a cmd window and run a continuous ping to 8.8.8.8 (ping -t 8.8.8.8 ) is the time consistent ?

 

[littlepony]

check your phone, is it have a signal? (you can connect to internet while you don't have phone signal) try to make the phone ring, do you already putting a phone on splitter with pc or you put it directly without phone or splitter? (try also to remove the splitter and connect it direct to the router, also try to make a call to the internet provider customer service if they make a maintenances in your area you will know from them.

 

[AxelSSS]

https://imgur.com/a/oFGlE7k

View: https://imgur.com/a/oFGlE7k
You only have control of the ping to your router. After that it is the ISP responsibility.
If you open a cmd window and run a continuous ping to 8.8.8.8 (ping -t 8.8.8.8 ) is the time consistent ?

i have just run the command and i am getting pretty consistent timing

 

[AxelSSS]

Guess it depends on what you mean bad speeds. Check the status menu for the ethernet port it should tell you the speed. If it says 100/100 that is likely a bad cable.

In general a bad cable causes packet loss. Indirectly it can cause slower transfers but the data itself passes through the cable at some fraction of the speed of light. It is the software that causes any delays.

You should ping the router IP to test. It should always be less than 1ms. The cable itself can not cause a delay since there is no place for the data to be stored and it again travels at some fixed fraction of the speed of light that is so small a value you almost can't calculate it on a short cable in your house.

The status menu for ethernet is saying 1000/1000 and i will provide som pictures, and when i pinged my router it is at around 2-3 ms and you stated that under 1 ms is optimal.
https://imgur.com/JzYins7

https://imgur.com/qi0eE7C

View: https://imgur.com/qi0eE7C

https://imgur.com/H4VyFUh

View: https://imgur.com/H4VyFUh

 

[kanewolf]

i have just run the command and i am getting pretty consistent timing

Consistent, but 30ms ping is pretty high.

 

[AxelSSS]

Consistent, but 30ms ping is pretty high.

I am with you on that one, i think 30ms is pretty high too which was the reason for me switching from wireless to wired, but I can’t seem to get lower ping

 

[bill001g]

try 1.1.1.1 instead maybe there is no google dns server near you.

2-3ms rather than 1ms tp the router likely is just something dumb with the way windows is measuring it. It is still likely actually under 1ms. When you run a linux OS it will actually show delays less than 1ms for most people. Doesn't matter as long as it is not high or you get random loss or spikes.

You can also do tracert 8.8.8.8 to try to see where the delay happens.

Key will be if you see the high latency in the lower hops. Most fiber connections have under 5ms on hop 2. Cable connections will be in the 10ms range. Now if you are using something strange like a cellular connection it would not be uncommon to get high latency.