Hi all, I have a question regarding how an ethernet signal is transmitted throughout a run. I am running my signal throughout my house and am unable to attain full gigabit speeds even though when connected directly into the modem. The setup I have might come as unorthodox but here goes my explanation. I am running a cable from the modem which sits in the middle of the house to a router, following that I route a cable from said router of approximately 5m to an outlet which is in a room on the 2nd floor, I then connect it to a gigabit switch and further route it downstairs into the storeroom(unsure of the length of this run but I would assume its at most 20m). In the storeroom I connect yet another gigabit switch and with one final route, connect it to another room upstairs.(I would assume the run is another 20m). During the first run a while back, I managed to attain 500mbit at the end of the route which I would assume is "good enough" so I went ahead and did nothing about it. After awhile, I realised that the speed had changed to 100mbit. So I went ahead and reset all the switches around the house and I had "gigabit" speeds again (by gigabit I mean above 100 but no where close to 1000). And now, I have no clue to which route to take to ensure gigabit throughout the entire run.
Main problems:
Possible solutions:
Sidenote: on every portion where I can physically connect the wire myself, I have chosen a mix of Cat 7/6a/6/5e. Does it matter which Category I use? Does it need to be standardized throughout?
Thanks for reading! Any questions and answers would be helpful!
Main problems:
- Unsure length and rating of wires that run internally throughout the house(those are using the telephone lines)
- Unable to maintain gigabit speeds throughout the run
Possible solutions:
- Ethernet extenders? (Unsure of how those work too)
- More switches? (I've read online that switches help maintain and improve signal integrity)
Sidenote: on every portion where I can physically connect the wire myself, I have chosen a mix of Cat 7/6a/6/5e. Does it matter which Category I use? Does it need to be standardized throughout?
Thanks for reading! Any questions and answers would be helpful!