Hello
So I am from the UK, and have Virgin Media broadband, sky TV.
I have the Hub 3 from virgin, and about 2 weeks ago, was on the 350mbps package. I am now on the 500Mbps.
About 3-4 weeks ago, I rewired my home, from cat5 to cat7a (and a small amount cat7 as I ran out of cat7a)
So, my router is downstairs under the stairs where the PC desk has always been. I have had an ethernet run from there, through the stairs, all the way to the corner of the house, straight up into a bedroom then ran along the house into my bedroom and around and up (so its now near central of the house) connected to the last generation of Apple's Airport Extreme. From the airport extreme I have a cat6 running from the Airport to under my TV, where I have a Ethernet gigabit switch, with one cable going to my Xbox 360, one to xbox one and one going to my TV which are cat7a
the other cable coming out of the airport extreme goes into my PC, again cat6.
I haven't checked the speed of the xbox 360, the tv gets good speeds (I can't remember exactly but I think 60mbps or 80.) my Xbox 0ne gets 480mbps again I am happy with that, but my PC gets 440mbps, not sure why its not faster can anyone shed any info as when Virgin release 1gbps I will be getting that for my PC mainly. I have 2 mini sky boxes upstairs, connected via ethernet cable (cat7a)
Downstairs, from the router, there is a cable running around the door, to where all my gadgets are, my AV receiver, xbox one S, my TV, My alexa flex, and my SKY main box all connected and split via a ethernet gigabit switch and a cable going to my airport express in the back of the house. All of these cables are new and cat7a except the cable from the router to the switch box
I made the ethernet cables using the RJ45 clips and cut the cables to length all made to the slandered cat7a except one cable from the router to the splitter box which is cat 7 which I still made. the speeds I get downstairs are 450-510ishmbps. The only 3 cables I didn't make, the cable from my airport extreme to PC, and airport extreme to the switch box.
What I want to know, is why do I get slower speeds for my PC than what is downstairs, is it due to the cable length even though its within length of drop off for cat 7a. do I need to restart any of my routers or airports?
Would my system benefit from virgin media's 1gig fiber?
So I am from the UK, and have Virgin Media broadband, sky TV.
I have the Hub 3 from virgin, and about 2 weeks ago, was on the 350mbps package. I am now on the 500Mbps.
About 3-4 weeks ago, I rewired my home, from cat5 to cat7a (and a small amount cat7 as I ran out of cat7a)
So, my router is downstairs under the stairs where the PC desk has always been. I have had an ethernet run from there, through the stairs, all the way to the corner of the house, straight up into a bedroom then ran along the house into my bedroom and around and up (so its now near central of the house) connected to the last generation of Apple's Airport Extreme. From the airport extreme I have a cat6 running from the Airport to under my TV, where I have a Ethernet gigabit switch, with one cable going to my Xbox 360, one to xbox one and one going to my TV which are cat7a
the other cable coming out of the airport extreme goes into my PC, again cat6.
I haven't checked the speed of the xbox 360, the tv gets good speeds (I can't remember exactly but I think 60mbps or 80.) my Xbox 0ne gets 480mbps again I am happy with that, but my PC gets 440mbps, not sure why its not faster can anyone shed any info as when Virgin release 1gbps I will be getting that for my PC mainly. I have 2 mini sky boxes upstairs, connected via ethernet cable (cat7a)
Downstairs, from the router, there is a cable running around the door, to where all my gadgets are, my AV receiver, xbox one S, my TV, My alexa flex, and my SKY main box all connected and split via a ethernet gigabit switch and a cable going to my airport express in the back of the house. All of these cables are new and cat7a except the cable from the router to the switch box
I made the ethernet cables using the RJ45 clips and cut the cables to length all made to the slandered cat7a except one cable from the router to the splitter box which is cat 7 which I still made. the speeds I get downstairs are 450-510ishmbps. The only 3 cables I didn't make, the cable from my airport extreme to PC, and airport extreme to the switch box.
What I want to know, is why do I get slower speeds for my PC than what is downstairs, is it due to the cable length even though its within length of drop off for cat 7a. do I need to restart any of my routers or airports?
Would my system benefit from virgin media's 1gig fiber?