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Nighthawk AX4 in AP mode connect to XR300
I hope this is the correct place to post this. I have a XR300 router. I have connected it with a LAN cable to AX4 router that I setup in AP mode. The XR300 will not connect to the AX4 router. (My...
I think I have found the issue. After performing the trouble shooting steps everyone has suggested, I was unable to connect the two netgear routers. My old spectrum router which has lan ports that support 100MB data rates worked just fine to connect the RAX in my other building. The XR300 lan connection support gigabit data rates. I borrowed a cable tester and found out that pins 3 and 6 are not making a connection. This means my cable will work for 100MB speeds but would not work for gigabit speeds because gigabit speeds use all 4 pairs in the CAT 5e cable while 100MB only uses 2 pairs in the CAT 5e cable. I replaced the ends and still had the same pair 3 and 6 fail when I tested the cable. The cable I used is made to be used in conduit outside and it must have a broken pair somewhere in the cable run. Please let me know if you agree with what I believe is a faulty cable?
Thank you for all your help. If you have any ideas I am open bcause this cable will be very hard to replace.
I might look at going with a wireless solution because the cable will be very hard to replace.
How much speed do you actually need in this building? How many people are using the internet there at the same time? 100 mbps is slow for copying really large files, but it is ok for web browsing, email, wifi calling, and even video conferencing and streaming. So one option is to just live with fast ethernet speeds.
On replacing the cable - It might be easier to run a new cable (perhaps in another conduit) than to replace the old one. Though that depends on what else is in the conduit. If it is only the one cable, then it might be possible to pull a new cable through it (attaching a thinner nylon cord to the existing cable, pulling the existing cable out - leaving the cord in the conduit, and then pulling the new cable using the nylon cord). There are several youtube videos on this topic that you could explore. Another option (requiring ethernet transceivers on both ends) would be to pull fiber, which is thinner.
As far as wireless goes - there are point-to-point wifi solutions that can be used as a substitute for the cable (one unit on each building, with line-of-sight between them). I doubt you'll get gigabit speed, but you likely can get something faster than 100 mbps.