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Orbi RBK753S Issues with always dropping ethernet speeds to 100Mbps
I've seen several similar posts - but no one seems to have a real fix - I have a brand new set of Orbi RBK753S-100NAS from Costco (Orbi RBR-750 set with Firmware Version 3.2.18.1) - but getting lot...
n3rdftw wrote:Reading thru some extra google results seem to show this is a common problem on Orbis - but they never really clarify why this is happening - other than to offer some random suggestion to buy new cables - is there a fix available or do Orbis just have really bad or ridiculously sensitive or error prone ethernet controllers?
Does the issue occur no matter which Orbi RJ45 jack this cable is connected to?
100BASE-TX requires two pairs of cable and 1000BASE-TX requires four pairs of cable. If even one of the tiny wires inside the RJ45 jack is not making contact, it cannot connect at 1000BASE-TX.