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wired connections only deliver 10mbs - wireless serves up 100mbps as expected
This started a couple months ago. The router will only deliver 10mbps up and down to my wired desktop through brand new CAT-7 line. If I disconnect the satellite, I can get 100mbps back, but then S...
A 10 Mbps limit usually indicates a problem with the cable, switch, or network card limiting the speed.
1. Try a different cable. Cat5e is sufficient. There's no need for Cat7.
2. Check the network card settings on the desktop to be sure it is connecting at 1000 Mbps.
if the above doesn't solve it then:
3. Please explain carefully what is connected to what? It's not clear.
4. Are you connecting your satellite with a wire? It's not clear.
- Different cables not an option. These brand new CAT-7 cables can all deliver gigabit speeds
- The desktop used to receive 100Mbps speeds
- The base unit delivers all the wired connections in the house. The satellite serves only to boost signal out on the patio.
- I just updated the driver to 7.35.344.0 on my Broadcom BCM943228HMB 802.11abgn 2x2 Wi-Fi Adapter
- As of right now with both WiFi and Ethernet enabled on my desktop PC, the Ethernet connection says it is delivering 1Gbps
- We'll see how everything goes today.
Seattlites wrote:- Different cables not an option. These brand new CAT-7 cables can all deliver gigabit speeds
- The desktop used to receive 100Mbps speeds
- The base unit delivers all the wired connections in the house. The satellite serves only to boost signal out on the patio.
- I just updated the driver to 7.35.344.0 on my Broadcom BCM943228HMB 802.11abgn 2x2 Wi-Fi Adapter
- As of right now with both WiFi and Ethernet enabled on my desktop PC, the Ethernet connection says it is delivering 1Gbps
- We'll see how everything goes today.
Nonsense. You are trying to debug a speed problem with a wired connection. Temporarily replace the Cat7 cable with a standard Cat5e and thereby rule out your cable as the problem. You can go back to your Cat7 cables later, after you have isolated the source of your problem.
Also, make sure to turn of WiFi when testing wired speed.
Your issue is most likely a configuration or cable problem that has nothing to do with Orbi.
Actually, everything is still running at 1Gbps through the same CAT-7 line. Hard to say why this has happened twice.
Testing with the same equipment would require a 50' to 100' separate cable strung through the house to even try, but thanks for your suggestion. This has been resolved from my perspective.
Glad you have it resolved.
For future reference, to test whether it was a cable issue, all you needed to do was bring a laptop (or desktop) and a short Ethernet patch cord to the rotuer and do a wired speed test connected to the rotuer. No need to run wires over long distance.