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friendly_banter's avatar
Jan 28, 2020
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GS308P Gigabit Speed issue

Hi there,   I have installed a GS308P recently and connected it to one of our distribution switches to provide additional ports for some desks in the office.   The switch port the GS308P is conne...
  • friendly_banter's avatar
    Feb 05, 2020

    Hi folks,


    First of all, thanks for your replies.


    In the end the solution was as simple as embarrassing. After replacing all cables I could replace (except for the one under the floor from the floor box to the comms room of course) I decided that the culprit had to be the one cable between floor box and switch. Replaced with a good one and tested - hooray, gigabit.


    Then I installed the switch at its designated location and .... 100Mbps. :(


    It turned out, the Ethernet port in the floor box is wonky and once the lid of the box is closed the cable and the RJ45 connector are pushed down and some pins lose contact so that only 100Mbps are possible.


    Long story short, I managed to lay in the cable in a way that this does not happen anymore.

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