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Ethernet ports flashing orange
Ok so my problem is I have a ethernet cable that runs from my main router into a secondary router with a cat 6 cable into my bedroom but I can only get 90 mbps in the bedroom but I get 200+ mbps on my...
Assuming the network cable is fine (all four pairs/eightstrands workable): Check make and model of the secondary router - well possible it has Fast Ethernet ports only. This is what the amber link LED are indicating.
- Well the secondary router is a n300 router that isn't fast link capable but even when I connect my laptop to the secondary router's ethernet cable it still flashes amber.
n300 is a speed.
What model number is it?
what device are you plugging into that cable? Is it gigabit capable?
If you go primary router---->computer, does it connect at gigabit speeds?
If you're going gigabit router------> n300 router (non gigabit)----->device
Then the device is only going to connect at 10/100mbps speeds and not gigabit.
- So secondary router is the Netgear WNR 2000. The secondary router push roughly 90mbps but even when I bypass the secondary router and go: main router ------> computer it still only pushes 90mbps.
