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alexanderwe6

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I'm a big gamer and for some reason i've been having a constant MS return of around 200, it used to be 50, and i had recently moved my tower, but the cord remained where it is, and now looking at it, the cord that connects to the end, the casing is broke but the wires remain intact. is this something i can cut and fix, or is it time to replace the cord?
 
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A ethernet cable can not delay data it has no place to store it. The delay on a ethernet cable can almost not be measured. It is some tiny fraction of 1ms, the signal travels at about 2/3 the speed of light on copper cable.

Unlike wireless which can cause delays because it retransmits data ethernet will just discard any data that is damaged. A bad ethernet cable would show packet loss not delays.

You need to be looking for some other issue. Some device is holding the data in a memory buffer causing the delays. Ping your router ip will show if you are seeing delays inside your house. If there are issues it is either the pc or the router not the cable. Now if you see packet loss that could very well be the cable.
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techgeek

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I'm assuming by MS you mean mS which stands for milliseconds. While a damaged cable can cause issues, I would think that it would cause more than just latency. How are you testing this time? Is it a ping test? If so, what / where are you pinging?

As for fixing a ethernet cable, it's doable if you have the know-how and the crimping tool and RJ-45 connector.
 
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bill001g

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A ethernet cable can not delay data it has no place to store it. The delay on a ethernet cable can almost not be measured. It is some tiny fraction of 1ms, the signal travels at about 2/3 the speed of light on copper cable.

Unlike wireless which can cause delays because it retransmits data ethernet will just discard any data that is damaged. A bad ethernet cable would show packet loss not delays.

You need to be looking for some other issue. Some device is holding the data in a memory buffer causing the delays. Ping your router ip will show if you are seeing delays inside your house. If there are issues it is either the pc or the router not the cable. Now if you see packet loss that could very well be the cable.
 
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