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MS308 unstable connection
Hello, I just upgraded my old 8 ports Netgear Switch for the newer MS308. When Doing this I also upgraded my ethernet cables from Cat 5(e) to Cat8. Problem I have that since moving to this new switch my internet has gone up in speed (was 940mb/s) but down in consistency. Normally I have a 1.1GB connection with an 12ms ping but very frequently it drops down to 500mb and sometimes even loses connection (Google not loading). I used some of the old cables (which i know work) and exchanged the cable from my PC to the switch (it still happened) and also replaced the cable from the switch to the wall (it still happened), no success. I also moved the incoming and outgoing cables to a different port on the switch, which also doesn't make difference. You would think 500mb/s is plenty but I just got out of a conference call that kept dropping me and also paused the video of my 3 colleagues reporting bad internet connection. Any suggestion what else I can do? Does it look like something is wrong with the MS308 (like I think there is)?