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JanJ
Feb 05, 2021Guide
GS105Ev2 Cable Test Specifics not in manual
Hello... Awaiting delivery of GS105Ev2... Already have downloaded all dicuments and firmware for this device so when it gets here it will be current.... When I purchase a Product I usually read th...
- Apr 02, 2021
It's been a couple months since I last posted......
I've been watching things... and can happily report that the cables indicated as bad by the Netgear swtich... and the replacement cables that tested good by the Netgear switch...... have been a resounding success!!!
No Hardware or Software GB indicators have toggled to 100Mb.... Speed of copying between GB devices now consistantly at 130Mb/sec instead of 85Mb/sec...
I couldn't be happier.... That Test is worth the price of the Switch!!!
JanJ
Feb 13, 2021Guide
These are the following symptoms that a bad ethernet cable can create:
Do Any of these Sound Familiar????
"Why do some GB devices only show up as 100Mb Devices at Switch?"
"Why does LAN & WAN of Router occasionally connect at 100mb to GB devices?"
"Why does File Copies from one NAS be limited at 90Mb/sec?, and other NAS copies at 130Mb/sec, with identical speed connections and drives?"
"I just received a 100/10 Upgrade from my ISP --- Sometimes I do speed tests and get 110/12, and others get 90/12.... When I get 110/12 Router to Modem reports 1000 connection, and when I get 90/12 Router to Modem reports 100Mb connection. WHY?"
NONE of those issues have occurred since replacing suspect ethernet cables with fully tested cables.... in the house and garage!!!
Learn from My Mistakes!
Now..... Think of the Positive Customer Service you could generate if.... In the Manual.... You had explained that the Cable Test should be done -- Terminated to a GB Device (Say a Netgear GS 108 or such!) and also, include: ALL the Responses that could be resolved from the Cable Test Utility, AND a Description of what that Result means, for the Novice!!!
....... Other than just login and password information and how to get to the test... Before posting here, I searched the forums about this, and others asked similar questions, and were directed to Customer Support.... PUT IT IN THE MANUAL!!!
Great Product!! Poor Documentation.... Please Update Documentation for others, Netgear!!!
I'm guessing there is more operational information in this one thread than any prior thread, or manual, on this subject....And I'm the "New Guy" here!
JanJ
Apr 02, 2021Guide
It's been a couple months since I last posted......
I've been watching things... and can happily report that the cables indicated as bad by the Netgear swtich... and the replacement cables that tested good by the Netgear switch...... have been a resounding success!!!
No Hardware or Software GB indicators have toggled to 100Mb.... Speed of copying between GB devices now consistantly at 130Mb/sec instead of 85Mb/sec...
I couldn't be happier.... That Test is worth the price of the Switch!!!
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