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RAX30 WAN port speed only 100M
My RAX30 (Firmware V1.0.10.94_3) shows in the stats that its WAN port is connecting at '100M/Full'. This is when trying several CAT 5e cables (and a short CAT6) between router and ONT which achieve '...
The ONT is the standard (Huawei?) ONT suppiled by BT Openreach for domestic FTTP setups. Within its lifetime, the router has had lots of restarts, and at least one factory settings reset, followed by a config restore from backup, but I'm certainly happy to give that another try.
carterbrandon wrote:
and at least one factory settings reset, followed by a config restore from backup,
Not always a good idea. That can bring back from the dead the issue that caused problems before the reset.
carterbrandon wrote:
The ONT is the standard (Huawei?) ONT suppiled by BT Openreach for domestic FTTP setups.
There seem to have been several of those.
I assume that you aren't using one of BT's smarthubs.
No smarthub, whatever that is. With Aquiss. Just my own router and the ONT.
I'll try the reset without the restore if I can. The wizard immediately following the reset steers you towards it, but if I can swerve it, there may be a window of being able to see the status pre-restore.
carterbrandon wrote:
No smarthub, whatever that is.
It is the box that BT supplies to connect to the ONT.