Cannot connect at 1gbps

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Hi,

I have installed 2 RJ45 faceplate boxes in my dining room and my bedroom. They are connected by Cat5e cables that run outside the back of the house up the wall.

I cannot for the of me to get the computer downstairs to connect at 1gbps as it has done before.

I have a Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch my bedroom. A cable runs from that, to the RJ45 faceplate in my room - which then runs through another cable explained above. Then in the dining room, there is another cat5e connecting the faceplate downstairs to my server. I can't get it to connect anything above 100mbps.

I have a PC and a Mac in my room whch connect to the same switch, they connect at 1gbps. So it is obviously sommet to do with the faceplates.

I have just finished rewiring them incase I messed up, but exactly the same thing. I have swapped the cables round to see if that makes ad ifferent - no.

The card in the server that i cant get 1gbps is a GA311 Netgear. As I have said, this has worked before I installed these 2 faceplates. Just rang a direct cable from the switch to the computer in question and that worked fine.

I would say the total distance of cabling is about 15-20 meters so that should be the problem. Just do not ge it.

Any ideas?
 
sja360 said:
right its sorta hard to understand how you've got this setup, but have you tried a different cable outside the house? it could be that yours is damaged perhaps?
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It is hard to explain the setup ill try again.

[Cable Modem] ---- [Server] ---- [RJ45 Faceplate Downstairs] -- CAT5E OUTSIDE -- [RJ45 Faceplate Upstairs] ---- [Gigabit Switch]

Coming off the switch is also a Mac and a Vista box which link up fine @ 1gbps.

The cables outside have only been out there for 2-3weeks. Its brand new CAT5E cable I bought.
 
Yeah its a Netgear GA311. Have had it running at 1gbps before when there was a Cat5e cable running direct from the switch to the server through the house. But I installed these faceplates to goutside the house cause its 100 times neater. But now it seems to be affecting performance.

There has got to be a way to sort it! come on you network gurus ;)
 
Well that sucks.

The complete length of the 3 cables that are connected by the faceplates is no more then 20 metres.

I think i am going to run a direct cable again just to be sure that connects at 1gbps. If it works then I might remove the cables and then just run one big long cable through the holes already drilled. Not exactly what I wanted but I am never likely going to have to remove the cables across the room so.

Think I am going to find some proper outdoor graded cable to make sure it withstands the weather.

Thanks for your ideas guys.
 
Whats the difference?

Edit : Is stranded the slightly thicker, more flexible stuff? And Solid Core is really tightly packed?
 
Have ordered a big roll of external grade Cat5e. Am just gonna do a direct switch to pc connection trhough the holes in the wall :/
 
Hmmm. I could try it.

Just spent 100 quid on a 300m roll of external grade cat5e though :) Suppose I could wire the new external stuff up to the faceplates and see what result I get.

thanks for that tip :) will let you know how it pans out
 
Got the roll of cable today. First of all - what excellent packing! :) I was expecting it to be just on a big roll that would be an arse but the box it comes in has a hole in it that the cable feeds though as you need it :)

Got it installed now - connected first time at 1gbps - so it was the faceplates. Bah - waste of time putting them in!

Lesson Learnt!
 
Cheers for the info but - I have removed the faceplates now - just running a straight direct cable. Solved my problems :)
 
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