GS305v3 not getting Gigabit speed

Question

I cannot get&nbsp;GS305v3 to connect at Gigabit speed, even with a Netgear router (R7000). Is there a solution?&nbsp;The cable is a 75 foot cat6e cable.&nbsp;GS305v3 will stay on 1000M for a little bit, then the speed drops to 100M (the light turns orange on R7000).

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] Is there a solution?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd expect that to depend on the problem.&nbsp;&gt; The cable is a 75 foot cat6e cable. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it good?&nbsp; Does a different cable work better?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are not many potential culprits to blame here: Bad port onrouter, bad port on switch, bad cable.&nbsp; The cable (if properly built)should be good up to 100m, so 75 feet should not cause a struggle.&nbsp; Abadly attached connector could explain many things.

junyan2000 · Answer

The problem is with the GS305v3. In fact, the same switch can get 1000M when connected to my other router, a R6250, with the same cable.

I had nothing but trouble with this piece of crap. The R6250 seems to be the only device it will connect at Gigabit speed. I can't believe Netgear is even selling it.

Has anyone tried 12V power adapter with GS305v3? I know it takes 5V only, but GS308 uses 12V, and it is hard to imagine that GS305 and GS308 use different chipsets,

antinode · Answer

&gt; The problem is with the GS305v3. In fact, the same switch can get&gt; 1000M when connected to my other router, a R6250, with the same cable.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; At least one of us is confused.&nbsp;&gt; [...] it is hard to imagine that GS305 and GS308 use different&gt; chipsets,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The question is the power-supply circuitry, not the "chipsets".&nbsp; Youdon't need to "imagine" anything, just read the Product Data Sheet.(Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and lookfor Documentation.)&nbsp; Or look at the label.

junyan2000 · Answer

The GS305v3 gets gigabit speed only when it is connected to Netgear R6250, but not when it is connected to Netgear R7000, or any other routers/switches that I can find.&nbsp;So there is no way to make the&nbsp;GS305v3 - a gigabit switch - to connect reliably at gigabit speed, even with another Netgear product. To this switch, gigabit speed (with R6250) is more an exception than the norm. Is there a way to request a refund?&nbsp;

michaelkenward · Answer

junyan2000&nbsp;wrote:
The GS305v3 gets gigabit speed only when it is connected to Netgear R6250, but not when it is connected to Netgear R7000, or any other routers/switches that I can find.
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The GS305v3 is an inexpensive bog standard £$€15 "Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch". There's not much that it does, or that you can do to it. If you are having problems, I would look elsewhere on your network.The things it talks to rather than the switch itself.
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But if you do want to troubleshoot the GS305v3 this is not the best place.
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You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your hardware, in the appropriate section for that&nbsp; device. That's probably here: Switches - NETGEAR Communities
junyan2000&nbsp;wrote:
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So there is no way to make the&nbsp;GS305v3 - a gigabit switch - to connect reliably at gigabit speed, even with another Netgear product. 
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If this were the case, then we would have heard about it by now. I see no hint of this as a generic problem over in the "switch" section.
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In the meantime you could visit the support pages:Support | NETGEARFeed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message. I mention it because Netgear gave up on supplying paper manuals years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.
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