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EX7000 speed capped at 100Mbps
Hi I have a EX7000 that worked for many years as a great extender. I connected it via RJ45 to my PC which then connected to a R8500. Well last year sometime the BIOs was upgraded on both devices seve...
Hi plemans,
Thank you for replying!
I have set it up as you would want. 5g to the router and 2.4 g extender. However I do not use the extender and have my PC connected by RJ45.
However, I am embarrassed to say it turns out my dedicated ethernet cat 6 cable from PC to router, BTW which is rarely ever touched, went bad! So the 1gig dropped to under 100meg. I replaced it and it works much better. I am getting 290 down & 100 up which still needs some work to get faster but at least I am past this hurdle.
Best Regards,
daniel
Hi plemans,
Thank you for replying!
I have set it up as you would want. 5g to the router and 2.4 g extender. However I do not use the extender and have my PC connected by RJ45.
However, I am embarrassed to say it turns out my dedicated ethernet cat 6 cable from PC to router, BTW which is rarely ever touched, went bad! So the 1gig dropped to under 100meg. I replaced it and it works much better. I am getting 290 down & 100 up which still needs some work to get faster but at least I am past this hurdle.
Best Regards,
daniel
Glad to hear it was something simple!