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Guapo_Apo
Mar 02, 2018Aspirant
RBR50 Lan Ports Not Working
Out of nowhere LAN ports on RBR50 have stopped working. WAN works great. Found this out as Smartthings hub went offline and Amazon video stopped playing. Will intermittently come back on of I reboot t...
Brain29
Mar 02, 2018Apprentice
modem is a Motorola SURFboard SB6141 dirrect into the orbi
right now I have cat 6a but I have 5a and 8a on hand not sure why copper thickness or mix would make a router crash ???
satallite is connected wireless
FURRYe38
Mar 02, 2018Guru - Experienced User
What ethernet devices are connected to the back of the router? Mfr and model#?
Theres cat6 and CAT6a. Cat6A is in wall big cable for in wall and ceiling runs.
Cat 6 is standard patch cables used between home and office devices.
Cat 7 is targested for over 10Gb network services.
Cat 8 is designed only for data centers where distances between switches and servers is short. It is not intended for general office cabling.
Brain29wrote:modem is a Motorola SURFboard SB6141 dirrect into the orbi
right now I have cat 6a but I have 5a and 8a on hand not sure why copper thickness or mix would make a router crash ???
satallite is connected wireless
- Brain29Mar 02, 2018Apprentice
"not sure why copper thickness or mix would make a router crash"
RBK50-100NAS
RBS50
samsung smarttv
harmoney hub
vontage phone servcie
3 workstations
2 raid servers (typically in idle)
wireless probally 8 phone and tablets (maybe 2 in use at one time)