Question Weird internet speeds ?

[bloodevil992]

So im getting 90mb on a 500mb connection on all devices for the past 4 weeks, my ISP can not work out what is wrong , but last night by chance i did a speed check on my phone & i got 470mb, thought that was odd so i checked my PC which is hard wired and got 94mb, so i thought ill reseat the ethernet in the PC got no change so i reseat it in the router & got 515mb, woke up this morning and now im back at 94mb, i just reseat the Ethernet again and im back at 515mb again & 90mb on wifi, this is mega odd

im using the router the ISP provided, the hub 4.2 from Sky

EDIT:

1. hmm its been 20 minutes since i reseated the ethernet and now im back to 93mb

also if i reset/turn off/on the router, browser will then say i must log in to an ISP to get the internet, while also getting the internet, wifi devices need to reconnect

 

[cruisetung]

It seems your PC is negotiating the speed at 100Mbps with the router.

Go to control panel and check the speed of the NIC.

Could be cable, could be ports (pins on pc port or pins on router port).

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Sorry, wifi also capped? Then check the cable / port on the WAN side.

 

[bloodevil992]

yes wifi is also 94mb today and has been for 4 weeks, it was by chance i got that high speed yesterday on my phone

 

[cruisetung]

As I said. Check your WAN, Replace the cable and see. Or it could be loose.

 

[bill001g]

Around 94mbps or so is the number that almost always says there is a ethernet port running at 100mbps. The 90 or so mbps is how much data can be transmitted at on a 100mbps connection when you remove the extra overhead taken up by mac addresses. Since the packet size is not consistent but every packet contains the same size mac header you get slightly different numbers.

In your case since it also affects wifi this means it is likely the cable connected to the router wan port. '

Could be the cable just went bad or got damaged. The more common reason is the cable is a fake. There are many fake cables sold, those flat cables are the most common. You need nothing real special. Cat5e is fine but it must be pure copper wire with wire size 22-24

 

[bloodevil992]

Around 94mbps or so is the number that almost always says there is a ethernet port running at 100mbps. The 90 or so mbps is how much data can be transmitted at on a 100mbps connection when you remove the extra overhead taken up by mac addresses. Since the packet size is not consistent but every packet contains the same size mac header you get slightly different numbers.

In your case since it also affects wifi this means it is likely the cable connected to the router wan port. '

Could be the cable just went bad or got damaged. The more common reason is the cable is a fake. There are many fake cables sold, those flat cables are the most common. You need nothing real special. Cat5e is fine but it must be pure copper wire with wire size 22-24

so are you talking about thet cable from the ONT to the Router yeah, im using the cable provided from the ISP, i did run a Ping in the CMD and got 0% loss

 

[cruisetung]

so are you talking about thet cable from the ONT to the Router yeah, im using the cable provided from the ISP, i did run a Ping in the CMD and got 0% loss

No error on ping does not mean it's running 1Gbps. Even if the port negotiated at 10Mbps, you won't get error on ping either.

 

[bloodevil992]

also im running Cat7 cable to PC

 

[cruisetung]

also im running Cat7 cable to PC

That's almost 99% fake. cat5e/cat6/cat6a good quality round cable (with twisted wires inside) is all you need

 

[cruisetung]

See why there is no consumer grade cat7 cable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/rpuwew/its_been_said_before_but_ill_say_it_again_stop/

 

[bloodevil992]

See why there is no consumer grade cat7 cable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/rpuwew/its_been_said_before_but_ill_say_it_again_stop/

thats total nonsense, this is my cable, not some amazon bought cable https://www.kenable.co.uk/en/networ...able-15m-black-long-010715-5054338107158.html

 

[cruisetung]

Enjoy your network then.

 

[bill001g]

thats total nonsense, this is my cable, not some amazon bought cable https://www.kenable.co.uk/en/networ...able-15m-black-long-010715-5054338107158.html

You would rather believe marketing from companies trying to sell you something ?

Cat7 was never fully certified because it provided no benefit over cat6a. Cat7 when used in a home environment can actually be worse than other cables. The metal shield in the cable can act as a antenna and get attract interfering signals. The reason it has metal ends is to connect to ground in the patch panels or equipment. Your equipment does not have the grounding to connect to the metal ends. In most cases you just spent more money than you should have because it has a bigger number.

In any case that cable is not your problem. It is the one between the ONT and the router. Even the very best cable can go bad. Just spend the $3 on a new cable and try it.