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Ethernet Cable speed Reduced with R8500 -- HELP !!
A few weeks ago I went from a R8000 (150 MBPS speed) to a R8500 ( only 96MBPS) Let me restate that.. when I had the R8,000 My Ethernet Cable Connected speed test would come back between 146MBps t...
What color is the Ethernet LED on the R8500? If it's amber, then the port is running at 100 Mbps. The Ethernet cable could be damaged, so try a different one.
If the Macbook Pro hardware is set to 100BaseTX, then that will force the Macbook to run at 100 Mbps. You must change it to either 1000BaseTX or, if available, auto-negotiate.
The manual suggests to plug in your first computer into port 3 on the R8500 and subsequent devices into ports 4, 5 and 6.
What color is the Ethernet LED on the R8500? If it's amber, then the port is running at 100 Mbps. The Ethernet cable could be damaged, so try a different one.
If the Macbook Pro hardware is set to 100BaseTX, then that will force the Macbook to run at 100 Mbps. You must change it to either 1000BaseTX or, if available, auto-negotiate.
The manual suggests to plug in your first computer into port 3 on the R8500 and subsequent devices into ports 4, 5 and 6.
PERFECT .. I replaced the cable with a New One.. and BAM .. 126 MB+
Thanks