[Hidden-tech] Network question

[Mark Firehammer]

HI Daniel

Cat 5 is 4 twisted pairs.
You should test to see if there are any short among the 8 wires. That would
slow things down as you describe.
If they are custom made wires it could be a bad end or a small break at a
sharp bend if care wasn't taken.

A network cable tester is 20 or 30 bucks. If you want to borrow mine just
come and get it!

Mark

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On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Daniel Lieberman <
daniel at daniellieberman.org> wrote:

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> Have a perplexing situation. We have 20 megabit down internet service from
> Comcast coming in to the front building of our place, gets passed via Cat 5
> probably 150 feet to a patch panel, which distributes it to ethernet ports
> in 5 or 6 rooms in the back building.
>
> Why would the connections in the rear building only provide 6-7 megabits?
> Could we replace switches or panels in the rear building to provide more
> bandwidth to the individual connections? Or is the splitting of the signal
> in the rear building the issue?
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> Any suggestions? I'm baffled.
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> Daniel
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