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quickymart

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#306062 25-Jun-2023 10:56
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I've got a 3 metre ethernet cable running from my Spark Smart router to my desktop machine, but while it says it's CAT6 I'm only getting 100Mb/s down, yet my plan is 300 down/100 up.

 

Any devices connecting on wifi get the full 300.

 

Tested with a borrowed cable and got 300 over ethernet, so the cable has probably done its dash. I was going to get a Dynamix from PB Tech but they don't seem to have a huge range of them anymore, so I was looking at this instead: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABSTT2865517/StarTech-N6PATC3MGN-3m-CAT6-Ethernet-Cable---Green

 

Anyone had any experience with this brand? Are they any good?


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  #3094651 25-Jun-2023 11:28
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PBTech have got pretty much the entire Dynamix range - just about every colour you could need

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search?sf=dynamix+cat6+3m&search_type= 




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  #3094667 25-Jun-2023 12:18
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quickymart:

 

You must be better at setting filters than me 😀

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABDNX0122/Dynamix-3m-Cat6-Green-UTP-Patch-Lead-T568A-Specifi >> possible dumb question, but would this one support 1Gb/s? The specs don't say a lot...

 

 

 I was looking for the same thing yesterday, so knew the right search terms!

 

That will be fine for 1Gb/s. Overkill because Cat 5e would also work, but fine because it's easily available.


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