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eliwoo
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Apr 02, 2022
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RBS50 limited to 100 Mbps over cat6

As the post says I have a machine networked via Cat5e to a RBS50 satellite which is itself networked to a RBR40 via Cat6 cable.    I get Sonic gigabit service but only receive 100 Mbps through the ...
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    plemans
    Apr 03, 2022

    eliwoo wrote:

    well the 30 foot Cat5e cable consistently delivers 1000Mbps when plugged directly into my workstation.

    So i feel like the cable is not the issue. -----Some devices are more tolerant of sketchy cables. So while it might work on the workstation, its possible that the cable ends/cable itself is still sketchy/bad. I've seen this happen several different times. the 6ft test with a decent quality cat 6 cable is ideal.