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novicenetwork
Apr 12, 2022Guide
GS308E Speed problem
I have google fiber for my ISP. The line coming into the house is connected to a Google Wifi point serving as a modem. There is an ethernet port on the Google Wifi that I have plugged into my GS308...
- Apr 13, 2022
Glad to see it was a cable issue.
You might mark it solved so others aren't still trying to fix it then 🙂
I haven't had a whole lot of issues with cat 6 cables but cat 5e its been hit or miss.
novicenetwork
Apr 13, 2022Guide
Great advice, thank you! I tried a cat 6 cable last night and sure enough, I saw the switch change on that port to 1000M. So now I just have to sift through all the options on Amazon and hopefully pick a good, solid copper cat 6 cable so I can build my own custom lengths.
plemans
Apr 13, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Glad to see it was a cable issue.
You might mark it solved so others aren't still trying to fix it then 🙂
I haven't had a whole lot of issues with cat 6 cables but cat 5e its been hit or miss.
- novicenetworkApr 13, 2022Guide
Thank you for the advice. I marked it as solved, I think...lol I might come back here because I am trying to bring the fiber into my house, then run it from my managed GS308E to three rooms and two of those rooms need multiple connections (game systems, TVs, etc) so I am taking those connections and terminating them into GS308 unmanaged switches. Not sure what problems I am going to run into with DHCP issues, things like that. 🙂
- plemansApr 13, 2022Guru - Experienced User
the unmanaged switches are pretty plug and play.
I've installed a ton of them without issues.
- novicenetworkApr 13, 2022Guide
Thank you for your advice as well. I'm very glad I got on here for some advice from actual users. 🙂
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