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my wired speed is alot slower than wireless speed?
hey guys I'm having some trouble with figuring out what is going on.
atm I have service provider with 500 mbps plan. and with router connected to usually 6 devices(1 wired ethernet connected to...
Do not use a crossover cable to connect a PC to router. Cat 5e or Cat 6 cables should work fine. Other qestion is, does the PC Ethernet port support 1gig. Older PC may not.
You are right. I checked the 'show statistics' and WAN is at 1000M/full but LAN1 is at 100M/full. there is also WLAN b/g/n at 800M and WLAN a/n/ac at 1733M. Is that something I need to worry about?
I will go ahead and replace both ethernet cables (modem to router, from router to my pc). I noticed that both ethernet cable is cat6?. is there specific cat x cable I should be getting?
EDIT-one of the ethernet cable(the one that goes from my router to my pc) says crossover on the cable but the other one doesn't? is it something I need to check it out as well?
Do not use a crossover cable to connect a PC to router. Cat 5e or Cat 6 cables should work fine. Other qestion is, does the PC Ethernet port support 1gig. Older PC may not.
ok so I won't use crossover cable from router to PC. how about the cable from modem to the router? I assume I shouldn't use the crossover on both ethernet connection but never hurts to be safe.
I believe my ethernet port is good since it says it uses Intel 1219V so I googled and it says it supports 1gigabit ethernet connection.
I will replace both ethernet cables tomorrow and see if it solves the issue
No you do not want to use a crossover cable from modem to router. Crossovers were used in the dark ages before switches got smart for connecting one switch to another.