Don't hate me but I'm an ATT Entertainment employee who recently had Gigapower installed. The apartment that I have is a brand new development and some of the install has, to be polite, been installed ass backwards. On move in a tech came out to install and realized the only -cat5 capable of pulling the 1000mbps was locating in a bedroom closet. Of course it's where the gateway had to go. He mentioned it was stupid where they put it as opposed to the living room where I have my uverse TV connected. He said I should get 300mbps in the living room but reach out to his private cell in case I didn't. Oddly I have been getting at most around 50mbps and even less in the far bedroom from the initial access point. Reach out to him and he personal brought by a netgear gs108 prosafe gigabit ethernet switch and said put it in the living. I'm assuming the connect from the wall goes into that and both the htpc and uverse DVR receiver plugs into 2 of the other ports. Was the purpose of that to just get a direct connect on those 2 devices or does it boost it even more towards the 1gbps? What effect if any will it have on my TV connect, and can I plug a gigabit amplifier to boost in the far room? Any advice is appreciated. Just hate feeling I pay for this high of speed without the speed...even with an employee discount. Sorry if a noob question..still not sure how I can get more from where uverse TV is installed with a switch
Gigapower has only 1 -cat5 in closet, much slower connect in home, is a switch the answer?
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jsmithepa
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If that cable is a plain CAT5, you maybe indeed limited to ~350 mbit, but test it, that how u find out for sure. If CAT5e, then it's better and pray God, it takes you to 1 gbit.
Prosafe doesn't boost anything. LAN cabling (and networking in general) is really very straightforward. The signal goes from point A to point B, and it follows the weakest-link rule. If you are indeed limited by a plain CAT5, the only way to fix it is by laying a better cable. The problem is not signal strength but noise/interference rejection. A CAT5e/6 cable have better noise rejection characteristics which allows them to transport bits are higher rates.
Sorry, I updated my answer after reading your post more carefully.
Prosafe doesn't boost anything. LAN cabling (and networking in general) is really very straightforward. The signal goes from point A to point B, and it follows the weakest-link rule. If you are indeed limited by a plain CAT5, the only way to fix it is by laying a better cable. The problem is not signal strength but noise/interference rejection. A CAT5e/6 cable have better noise rejection characteristics which allows them to transport bits are higher rates.
Sorry, I updated my answer after reading your post more carefully.
The tech said if installed on the outlet where uverse is installed and where hsi is coming through, the switch would boost to about 300+ Hardline. Question is doesn't a switch need to be connected to gateway? Can I connect it to the living room port and take the connect to my htpc as well as DVR? As of now I'm lucky to get 23mbps in the living room
Yes your assumption is correct. Everything is in the living on wifi. The problem is the closet is only 20 feet away but I get at most 60mbps. The tech said the living room outlet maxes out at 100 which is why for gigapower he installed in the closet. Moving the gateway to the living room doesn't help the speed. Bottom line if I pay for 1gbps I don't want 100. Any other solution
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Then that's bad news for you. You won't get your $ worth because to get 1 gbit, you need an honest to God CAT5e/6 wiring between the 2 locations. Alternatives:
MOCA - if you have a coax between the 2 locations.
PowerLine - use the AC outlets, performance depends on several factors, buy from somewhere you can return.
Both of these can perform better than WIFI but don't even think they can approach 1 gbit, am thinking 300 mbit if you are lucky.
MOCA - if you have a coax between the 2 locations.
PowerLine - use the AC outlets, performance depends on several factors, buy from somewhere you can return.
Both of these can perform better than WIFI but don't even think they can approach 1 gbit, am thinking 300 mbit if you are lucky.
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