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ProSafe Plus Downspeeding Ports on its own
Hi, I recently purchased the subject matter smart switch in the model info line. I love the switch and it compliments my Nighthawk router 9000 very well alongside a Synology 5 disk array. I love the ability to use link aggregation between the boxes, etc...I have run in to one snag, however that I cant seem to get past. I have fiber running to my building 500/500 (KT Telekom Korea) that tests through OOKLA to several sites at 500/500 from the modem clean and from the 9000. Several times I have even gotten 500/500 at the client level, which is what I should get (I am not using QOS / throttling), but the last week, ports are automatically decellerated / downsped to 100mb (exactly), every day, without having set it up. Workstations no longer get the full 500 up down, but peak at 100. If I throw my old Netgear "dumb" switch on the 9000, I get full 500/500 again to all clients. The switch is pretty much OOB / default setup, other than the LAG ports I use for the NAS, so not sure whats causing the downspeeding. I dont want that.
Ideas? What did I miss?
Mike in Korea
Factory reset, unfortunately, didn't change the downspeeding, in fact, it shed light on something else. Recently, I had purchased some very nive (so i thought) category 7, braided ethernet cables from Amazon, 1, 3 and 8 meters. I wanted to use the best cable possible for my main workstation, NAS, port aggregation between switch / NAS. What I found was, by chance, when I switched from the "high end" CAT7, braided cable, back to normal CAT5/6 at the PC or at the NAS, everything immediately shot back up from 90-100mb cap to 490-500mb, as it should be. Strangest thing I have ever seen. I did not think CAT7 cable would cause this and I tries several different lengths and pre-cut sizes, same 100mb cap. No idea why it does that, but it does. Perhaps some kind of pair mismatch with the internal house wiring / ports on the switch, etc....
So, these are the cables that slowed me down: Cat7 Ethernet Cable 3 ft, Cat 7 RJ45 LAN Network Cable High Speed Durable Nylon Braid STP with Gold Plated Plug (3FT/1M, Nylon Braid - Black)
Anyway, Im back up and flying @ 500mbps with standard CAT5. Who'd have thought.
Mike
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Hi clarkmtc,
Welcome to our community!
We may need to have a little workaround here. You may upgrade the firmware to its latest version first and reset it to factory default. Then connect the switch without any configuration.
Regards,
Factory reset, unfortunately, didn't change the downspeeding, in fact, it shed light on something else. Recently, I had purchased some very nive (so i thought) category 7, braided ethernet cables from Amazon, 1, 3 and 8 meters. I wanted to use the best cable possible for my main workstation, NAS, port aggregation between switch / NAS. What I found was, by chance, when I switched from the "high end" CAT7, braided cable, back to normal CAT5/6 at the PC or at the NAS, everything immediately shot back up from 90-100mb cap to 490-500mb, as it should be. Strangest thing I have ever seen. I did not think CAT7 cable would cause this and I tries several different lengths and pre-cut sizes, same 100mb cap. No idea why it does that, but it does. Perhaps some kind of pair mismatch with the internal house wiring / ports on the switch, etc....
So, these are the cables that slowed me down: Cat7 Ethernet Cable 3 ft, Cat 7 RJ45 LAN Network Cable High Speed Durable Nylon Braid STP with Gold Plated Plug (3FT/1M, Nylon Braid - Black)
Anyway, Im back up and flying @ 500mbps with standard CAT5. Who'd have thought.
Mike
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