- Feb 26, 2014
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Hi,
Since a few months we have wired internet in our house. We have a wire going through the walls from the living room to the master bedroom. The connection for this line is working as expected, receiving 147 mbit download and 14.5 mbit upload (contract is 150/15, so everything is fine).
Since my computer is in another room upstairs, we decided to add two extra wall sockets on the wall between the two rooms. The result of this is that I no longer am able to get above 80 mbit download. Before purchasing the required equipment we specifically checked if all equipment was Cat 5E, which is the case, though, we seem to be limited to 100 mbit (as reported by Windows, speedtest shows lower).
My dad connected the wall sockets and told me he made his own order for the wires, as long as they are the same order on both ends.
Now I'm wondering, is this a possible source of my problem, or shouldn't it matter? I can provide photos later today of necessary, but it frustrates me that after doing all the work we did we still don't have the expected result.
I am sure the problem is somewhere between the socket in the master bedroom and my computer, because using a 20 meter cable to go from one room to the other keeping the cable in the gap under the doors worked fine, giving us almost full capacity.
Any tips on how I could "debug" my problem?
Thanks,
Ruben
Since a few months we have wired internet in our house. We have a wire going through the walls from the living room to the master bedroom. The connection for this line is working as expected, receiving 147 mbit download and 14.5 mbit upload (contract is 150/15, so everything is fine).
Since my computer is in another room upstairs, we decided to add two extra wall sockets on the wall between the two rooms. The result of this is that I no longer am able to get above 80 mbit download. Before purchasing the required equipment we specifically checked if all equipment was Cat 5E, which is the case, though, we seem to be limited to 100 mbit (as reported by Windows, speedtest shows lower).
My dad connected the wall sockets and told me he made his own order for the wires, as long as they are the same order on both ends.
Now I'm wondering, is this a possible source of my problem, or shouldn't it matter? I can provide photos later today of necessary, but it frustrates me that after doing all the work we did we still don't have the expected result.
I am sure the problem is somewhere between the socket in the master bedroom and my computer, because using a 20 meter cable to go from one room to the other keeping the cable in the gap under the doors worked fine, giving us almost full capacity.
Any tips on how I could "debug" my problem?
Thanks,
Ruben
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