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RBE971 stuck on 100M/Full
Hey all! I hope this is the correct place to ask this. I have a RBE971 which I've connected to my PC directly through a CAT 6A cable. Starting today for some reason the speed keeps getting limited to...
I managed to fix it. Once the Orbi was stuck in 100M/Full only replacing the Cat Cable to a different one wasn't enough. It would still stay on 100M/Full. Hence I was thinking it's not working regardless of the cable. After replacing the wire i had to reboot the orbi for the orbi to understand it was a new non faulty CAT Cable.
Turns out the wire running through the wall had one loose connection at where it connects to the ethernet wall socket. The weird thing about it was i used a RJ45 tester and all 8 lights were lighting up. Anyhow it's fixed now. Thanks for the advice and sorry for the inconvience.
I managed to fix it. Once the Orbi was stuck in 100M/Full only replacing the Cat Cable to a different one wasn't enough. It would still stay on 100M/Full. Hence I was thinking it's not working regardless of the cable. After replacing the wire i had to reboot the orbi for the orbi to understand it was a new non faulty CAT Cable.
Turns out the wire running through the wall had one loose connection at where it connects to the ethernet wall socket. The weird thing about it was i used a RJ45 tester and all 8 lights were lighting up. Anyhow it's fixed now. Thanks for the advice and sorry for the inconvience.
Glad YOU solved the problem (because I sure wasn't getting anywhere).
p.s. Testing Ethernet cable is more nuanced than those RJ45 "cable testers" that we all have are capable of. When large cable installations are done, such as an office building or college campus, it is common to require "certification" of each cable using equipment that costs thousands of dollars, such as:
https://www.fluke.com/en-us/product/network-cable-testers/copper/linkiq-100