I agree with Russell. It was common practice for installers to only connect a minimum of wires. That allowed 100Mbps speeds. You may be able to fix the problem by dressing the final wires in.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 5:37 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 4:34 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Using the house network (4 cables, two gigabit switches, > > and a patch panel) 90/95 Mbps, as reported earlier. > > > > Cabling DOES matter. > > > > Most of my house is cat5 (including ~50ft runs from basement to second > floor) and I routinely get gigabit speeds. If you have a continuity tester > for the ethernet cabling, I'd check to make sure all of the wires connect, > because the 100 Mbps limitation sounds like you don't have continuity on > all four pairs. If you don't have a tester, here's a super inexpensive one > that probably does what you'd need to check: > > https://www.amazon.com//dp/B01M63EMBQ/ > > -- > Russell Senior > [email protected] >
