new cat 6a installation droped to 90mbps, used to get 350mbps on cat 5e

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chris_1337

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My cat 6a is only receiving 90mbps after installing and terminating the plugs.

Im used to workign with white with stripes like white and orange, white and blue, white and brown ect, But this cat 6a cable has solid white cable instead of coloured striped ones,
it goes like this: Solid white, Solid Orange, Solid white, Solid Blue, Solid white, Solid Green, Solid white, Solid Brown.


What order color code do I use for cat 6a i am using the metallic cat 6a plugs too.

 
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chris_1337

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I tried this colour code already and for some reason I only get 90mbps.
I am using a 8pin crimp tool, probably not designed for cat 6a but it seems to do the job and the plugs after crimping them plugged into my devices.

So not sure what is going on here
 
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kanewolf

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Without at least an 8 wire continuity tester, you have no idea. Any wire not making connection and you don't get gigabit.
 
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chris_1337

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for outside use, thought i'd treat my self to something that performs higher on specifications as well.

turns out it was a <mod edit> choice or <mod edit> cable?

would you agree that using a rj45 crimp tool to crimp cat6a is bad idea? even though it did the job and the plug module clicks into device, like pc, laptop ect., tv.? it did seem to crush the module lug a little bit but that seemed that could of effected speed.

picture of it after being crimped by a standard rj45 crimp using the 8 pin hole.
doe it look fine to you?

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chris_1337

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I update my post with a picture of it,

I also get around 400MBPS download speed on my cat 5e, so I thought cat 6a would be more stable.

Not sure if my crimp tool is the reason why it is caped to 90mbps?
 
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kanewolf

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Nope. Properly installed cat5e is fine for 100m gigabit. If you have 400Mbit service, you may be limited more by the bandwidth available at the server end of the wire.

Without a tester like I linked before, there is no way to know if you have 8 wires connected. Since your speed is limited, I would say you don't. Why not terminate the outdoor wire with a wall plate & keystone jack. Then it is punchdown termination. Use any cat5e factory made jumpers at each end.
 
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chris_1337

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well it's bit late to go back, I want to sort this cat 6a out though, have you decided if it is the crimp tool I used, as shown you a picture of the cable I crimped using it, you can see its dent in a bit looks kinda smashed lol.


 
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failboat

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I'd recommend going with monoprice keystones and patch panels.
They have all the pairs next to each other so you can barely untwist them.
Punchdown is much easier than trying to crimp fatter wires.
You likely won't be able to crimp 10Gbs quality terminations.
 
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