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Hi, So i am having some trouble researching a good solution to put my rack in a different room. Mainly since my PC is in there. What i need to pass to my other room (about 40m cable length away): -2x 4k 144HZ video -4x USB high speed (Needs to be high speed for external SSD's sometimes and capture cards). The video isn't really the problem since i can get fiber HDMI cables that i use for work and know will work, but i am having a lot of trouble finding good high speed usb extenders. a fiber KVM extender seems to be a good solution however these get compression issues in my experience on the video end, and for usb only these would be an expensive purchase. Any tips on cost effective ways to get this usb over to my other room? Motherboard is the EVGA classified z690, i do not have pci-e space to spare.
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Commercial recommendations for a network run at 1000 feet? Have a few cameras at the far end of our baseball-softball fields, both for security and for live streaming games. These are at 1000 feet from our IDF. Looking for commercial recommendations to either run GameChanger cable from Paige (vendor recommendation), through a switch somewhere in the middle or fiber the whole way? PROS/CONS and other foreseen pitfalls? After leaving our main building conduit has been pre-ran to light poles and concession stands. None of which are very well isolated from the elements, but we have put network racks in our concessions stands/press boxes. Thanks for any input provided.
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I will be adding networking to my garage that is like 30-50ft away. I've heard direct burial rj45 is not advised as lightning/etc can damage all the equipment, so i have two options i could do [and am willing to do, to stay within unifi, which i'm comfortable with], and I'm curious which you all would choose OF these two. (also a question or two in red.) Option 1: Main house router (already have in house basement) - UDM PRO (Q1) Fiber, Direct attach cable (30m, to connect UDM PRO to Switch in garage) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/accessory-tech-cabling/collections/accessories-pro-direct-attach-cables/products/10-gbps-active-optical-cable?variant=uacc-aoc-sfp10-30m (Q2) Housing/protection for the buried fiber - ??? (I hear people use "smooth wall", but i don't know if a individual consumer can buy that without paying extraordinaire amounts; is there anything yall would recommend? i hear flexible pvc (schedule 40) won't stop water from going through, so i assume that's not good for fiber. Switch for in garage (where majority of devices will be connected) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/products/usw-pro-24-poe (Q3) I assume not, but do i need one of these Optical Module's, for the UDM pro and Switch's SFP ports? (Or no, since the cable above says "SFP+ to SFP+ connector") - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/switching-addons/collections/accessories-pro-long-distance-modules/products/1-gbps-bidirectional-single-mode-optical-module or https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/switching-addons/collections/accessories-pro-long-distance-modules/products/1-gbps-multi-mode-optical-module ? Option 2: Main house router (already have in house basement) - UDM PRO Building bridge - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wifi/products/ubb ethernet surge protector - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wifi-building-bridge/products/ethernet-surge-protector Switch for in garage (where majority of devices will be connected) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/products/usw-pro-24-poe I assume option 1 will be cheaper, the fiber cable isn't that expensive, and unless the shielding/protection it needs in the ground is crazy expensive, i assume it would be cheaper but more manual labor intensive than option 2. I was worried about latency with the building bridge, but on videos i saw they were only getting like 5ms which mine is about the same. Please, Help me with Q1/Q2/Q3 please, and which option would be recommended between the two options, i would greatly appreciate it. Please understand, I am only slightly network literate, and that i would like to stay inside the unifi ecosystem, even if i'm paying more.
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Hello, I have advertised 8500/1000 speeds with fiber coming to my Nokia 10G Ont+ box, after that it's plugged to sfp 10G udm pro se, after that from 2.5gbe port to trendnet 2.5gbe poe+ injector to my u7 pro. With galaxy s24 iam getting max 2002Mbps download 1586Mbps upload, on my pc I can get 7000Mbps 7200Mbps range download, my s24 ultra running on 320mhz wifi 7 6ghz, what can cause it not getting 2500Mbps speeds? Maybe client devices? There's is 2 15 pro max also in house. THANK YOU
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In my quest for a G-PON to RJ11 and RJ45 converter, I came across the UISP Fiber XG on the Ubiquiti site. However, it seems to only support RJ45 and not RJ11. Given the necessity for an RJ11 connection in my setup for calling purposes, I'm reaching out to the community for recommendations on alternatives or if there are other products that fulfill both requirements. I've attached a picture for your reference. Your expertise and advice, especially if you've encountered a similar situation, would be immensely valuable. Thank you for your assistance!
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Currently on hold with Cox, but I feel like the LTT community will be 10x more helpful Currently running on Cox 1Gb fiber. Everything is "okay" so far, except for my roommates down in the basement. We are 5 people living in the same house, but some have issues with the internet. I was looking to buy a modem and a router but then realized that I would have no coax to hook up the modem. My question (as stated in the title) is, does the ONT box, that was installed by Cox, work as the modem? Could I just plug in a router, set it up, and have running wifi? I'm looking at the ASUS RT-AX82U currently, but I also don't see it on the Cox website as a "certified" device. Thank you all in advance.
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Hello! I'm having a problem and I can't find any old topics that'd help. My PC was connected straight to a fiber optical router (Halny HL-4GMV4) via cable and I recieved 40-50MB/s of download speed (which is what the internet provider is promising) and all was well. Then I moved to another room in my house. An old router was connected here already through the attic (via cable of course) but I knew it'd be too slow so I changed it to something newer (TP-LINK Archer C6) which promised 1GB/s download speeds but all I'm getting is... 10MB/s download speed now once I connected it to my PC. As far as I'm aware (if my provider would provide me that much speed) I could even be getting up to 100MB/s in theory. 10MB/s isn't bad, it's just less than I expected. The cable connection goes from the LAN port of my Fiber Router straight into the WAN port of my new router. Then from the new router to my PC. My question is: Where did I mess up for my internet speed to be lowered like this? Is this a connection issue/router setting issue or maybe I got something else than promised? I'd appreciate any help you could give me. A (hopefully) helpful diagram is located below for y'all.
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Hello I'm kinda stupid when it comes to networking and fiber. I'm moving in to a dorm in about a week, and I want to set up wireless internet. There is one RJ45 plug in the wall with (presumably, because the DSL copper network has been permanently shut down in my country) fiber internet. I bought a small D-Link wireless router and plugged it in, but it didn't connect to the internet. I immediately felt stupid, thinking It obviously didn't work because it was just a simple router and not a multimodem combined router and modem. In the instructions manual it also said I needed to plug the router into a separate modem. We used to have a separate modem and router set up at home before DSL was shut down, and now we have wireless broadband over 5G at home through an antenna connected to a wireless router. I just want some clarification because I don't really know what I actually need to get it to work. The internet already works just by plugging a computer directly into the wall, so do I need the modem part if It's fiber? I ordered a TP-LINK ARCHER VR400 Modem Router, but do I really need it, and would it even work since it's designed for DSL? Thanks for any help -
Roughly once a month, any device connected to my router through an ethernet connection drops from its normal ~300Mbps down ~100Mbps up to ~8Mbps down ~5Mbps up while maintaining a high connection bandwidth to any device on wifi (~150 down on 5GHz. Which is the same even when ethernet is working correctly). The only way I've found to fix this issue is to reboot the router, which is fine, but id rather not have too as I do host a few things and I'm not always home to be able to reset it when the ethernet drops off a cliff. I find it really strange that ethernet is the connection type that draws the short straw here. So, I guess my question is, is this an issue with the router its self, like a hardware fault or a memory leak? And should I get a different one? Router info for those interested: Model: AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router: Archer C2 v1 00000002 Firmware version: 0.9.1 5.0 v0032.0 Build 170207 Rel.49213n Country of origin (since I think this matters?): New Zealand
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Hi all, I need help planning an outdoor run for a UniFi Access point. It is going to be on the side of my deck in the backyard. I am planning on running a direct burial ethernet cable 18" below grade parallel to the 240V power for the hot tub (which will be run inside a PVC conduit) On the side of the house there is a PoE switch which powers PoE cameras that I am planning to pull from. What I am worried about is the possibility of a lightning strike hitting the ethernet cable in the ground. There are not many trees around, but with a hot tub full of water near the access point I figured it could be a possibility. I would run fiber to the access point, but that would mean I would need to put an additional power outlet on the deck to power the converter which would not make much sense since the outlets near the house are only about 30 feet away and because of how expensive wire currently is. The way around this that I thought of is to put an ethernet to fiber converter behind the PoE switch. In essence this is how it would go: Main Switch in Rack ---> Ethernet to Fiber Converter ---> Fiber to Ethernet Converter ---> PoE Switch ---> Direct Burial Ethernet Cable ---> WiFi Access point The Fiber would isolate the outdoor devices from the indoor which would limit the chances of anything in the rack or connected to ethernet from being damaged during a lightning strike. The only problem I see is the Fiber converters would be plugged into the same UPS as the outdoor PoE switch. I am not sure if that defeats the whole point or if that does not matter? Total run is about 125ft long from the orange to the purple in the map. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hello, this is my summarized Home Network Diagram. Hardware Used: 1. Wiring - CAT6 UTP Cable with Closed Ended RJ45 (Self Crimped) from Fiber Modem to Router 2. 2. Fiber Modem (ONT) - Huawei EchoLife HG8245H with 4 Gigabit Port 3. Unmanaged Switch - Tenda SG105 (with 5 Gigabit Ports) - Connected via LAN 2 from Modem and Connected to Passive PoE LAN Port 4. Passive Gigabit PoE Injector and Splitter - Generic (see attached image)- PoE to PoE connection using CAT6 UTP around 60 meters length with some running on outdoor wall (far from powerlines and other electronics) 5. Router 2 (Upstairs Router) - Tenda AC23 - Gigabit WAN and LAN ports (AP Mode connected via WAN from Passive Gigabit PoE LAN port) Additional Hardware (No Issues) 6. Router 1 (Downstairs Router - besides Fiber Modem) - Tenda AC21 - Gigabit WAN and LAN ports (AP Mode connected via WAN from Modem) Issues: Configuration 1A - Current Setup. With my current setup, the link speed recognized by the Fiber Modem on LAN 2 is 100Mbps Full Duplex Mode. Connected to the Router 1, the speed test (using Ookla) reading (using 5GHz Connection via Android Phone) Exceeded 100Mbps, around 150Mbps+ (Internet limited plan to 100Mbps). Connected to the Router 2, the speed test (using 5GHz) does not exceed 100Mbps around 90Mbps at best. Configuration 1B - Current Setup after a Power Outage. Currently the Modem Reported 1000Mbps Full Duplex Mode (due to power outage, all routers restarted) but readings are still similar Configuration 2 - No Gigabit PoE With PoE injector and splitter remove, connected directly to Switch and Router 2 (still Port 2 and WAN) the Fiber Modem reports 100Mbps. Results are similar to the Configuration 1A. Configuration 3 - No Switch Connecting Router 2 (WAN Port) to Modem (LAN Port 2) via Straight CAT6 resulting to the router and modem disconnecting and connecting with a span of seconds (5 seconds at most) with link speed reporting between 10Mbps and 100Mbps Full Duplex Mode. But when the connection is stable at best it is reporting 10Mbps. Tried using Crossover CAT6 using Female to Female RJ45 and Additional Crossover CAT6 with less than 2meter length. Configuration 4 - Connected to Router 1 Connecting Router 2 (WAN Port) to Router 1 (LAN Port 2) via Straight CAT6 resulting to consistent connection with readings at best of around 9 Mbps. Assuming the link speed would be 10 Mbps. No Reporting of LAN Port link speed on the firmware. I would like to know some solutions to my network to use 1 Gbps link speeds for full capacity of the routers, as well as future proofing. Thank you for your help and responds.
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So my middle of nowhere town made municipal broadband an option and I am going to make the switch this month. I currently have broadband cable 1Gb down 50Mb up through a private company, but want to switch to the 5Gb up/down fiber plan through my township. So, I need a whole new network setup I assume. Im assuming they provide the all-in-one wifi/router, but I will have to get a 5Gb network card for each pc that would want the extra bandwidth? Also if a 1Gb switch is in the chain, anything plugged into that switch would be limited to 1Gb? I tried looking for a 5Gb all in one router (I currently have a Netgear XR1000 as the router/wifi and a Netgear R8000P as an Access Point) but I came up empty on newegg and amazon (I did find some 2.5Gb routers). Am I going to need some prosumer grade stuff at these speeds or would my ISP have something and just let me buy it off them? Thanks for any help and advice on setup/equipment. TLDR: I want 5Gb throughout my property, need new stuff, plz help
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Speedtest results for new fiber optic network in Richmond BC -
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I am looking to get fiber internet to my home, I am wondering if there Is there a switch that can take the raw fiber cable input into a switch/router rack mountable unit that is fully managed that I can purchase and setup so that I can potentially add other devices over fiber exclusively in the future in my rack like say a server and avoid using an RJ45 connector. I am new to the fiber space so I'm trying to learn what I can and I want to know if this is even something that is possible. Thanks in advance! *EDIT* going to get the fiber internet through Century Link (it was mentioned that could help with finding a solution)
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Hello guys, I need some help setting up my 10GbE P2P So I got two NC523SFP off Ebay, one is in my trueNAS Server and one in my Win 10 Desktop. They are connected with two 455883-B21. The one in the NAS system showed up in config with no prior driver installations - no problems. For the Windows side i got the official HP Windows Server Driver, extracted the .exe and installed the drivers manually - this apparently worked as they got recognized as Network adapters, no problems here either. At least I think so lol Only thing is, that they claim there's no network cable attached - however this might be because since theres no DHCP and no static IPs set? I did set static IPs and Subnet and all on both sides, but this did not give me a connection or any visible change. Also note that truenas has the Link State "DOWN" - do I have to UP it manually? And is there any way how I can tell the two ports apart? Which one is ql0 and which is ql1? Also also the lights on the NICs are not blinking whatsoever - is this a sign that something went wrong with the drivers or did they overheat? (Any way i can check their temperature?) So any help is appreciated, did I do something wrong or did I miss anything? Do I have to update the NICs Firmware? Cheers
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After seeing Linus's exciting videos testing 40 GbE and 100 GbE networking, I decided to give things a try at home! This was especially useful since I couldn't warrant bombing $1,200 on a 10 GbE switch that would only have 2 computers using it at the time. So we decided to take the plunge and bomb $900 on a pair of Mellanox 40-Gigabit network cards (along with 40-gig rated QSFP+ cabling from FS.com). Becoming content creators in our own right, my drummer and I live in a band house together. We like to send big video files of our music/practices and movies, etc between our machines. Despite some wicked performance, we cannot seem to break 25 Gbps when copying large 10GB, 20GB, and 40GB test files. Our Seagate 520 Firecuda's consistently benchmark at 5,000 MB / sec reads with 4,250 MB / sec writes. I figured with approx 4250 MB / sec write speeds, I can expect approximately 34 Gbps speeds yet we consistently fall way short of this! So the next step, I thought, well why not take the network completely out of the equation (since I run two of these drives in my system - One for OS and one for network transfers). Even between two identical Seagate 520 Firecuda drives in my machine, the files would only copy at approx 2,200 MB / sec - Falling FAR short of the benchmarked speeds..... I was SHOCKED....Can anyone explain these discrepancies between SSD benchmark speeds vs actual transfer speeds? Why would a file copy at only 51.7% (2,200 / sec vs 4,250 MB / sec) of its benchmarked write speeds?? Also, if there is any optimization that I can do with the NICs themselves, please let me know! (Clicky maximize button in bottom right of video to see) EPIC 23 Gbps.mp4 We have the following gear: My machine: X570 motherboard AMD 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X CPU 64 GB RAM at 3200 Mhz 40-Gigabit Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Ethernet Adapter File-sharing Drive (OS not running on it): 2TB Seagate Firecuda 520 His machine: X570 motherboard AMD 8-core Ryzen 7 3800X CPU 32 GB RAM at 3200 Mhz 40-Gigabit Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Ethernet Adapter File-sharing Drive (OS not running on it): 2TB Seagate Firecuda 520
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10gb networking Suggestions on getting best result from our 10Gbit
Tanasa23 posted a topic in Networking
Hello everybody , I started working in a small/medium business with a 10Gbit fiber connection and they asked me if I could think of some upgrades/changes to make to our networking since all PCs or Access Points are only putting out around 8Mbps and I would like to make it atleast x10 faster than that. I wil also post photos to maybe understand better the situation .Of course the cheaper the better .At the moment this is the config that is running : CISCO ME 3400E SERIES SWITCH -> USING GE PORT INTO 2X HUAWEI ROUTER AR2200 SERIES -> BOTH GO INTO A CHECK POINT 770/790-WIFI FIREWALL -> 1 DLINK DGS-1210-28 SWITCH -> 1 NETGEAR FS726TP SWITCH . Those 2 final switches then spread into 5Cate ethernet cables into our offices.We have around 25 PCs ,1 IBM System server that is accessible to other offices from other cities in the country , 3 nas servers ,all workers need poe for their telephone,survaillance cams ,around 6 printers,3 access points to cover the area . I noticed that by connecting directly to the huawei router my laptop finally sees the connection as a Gbit one , other than that it shows as 100Mbit .Thank you !
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Hi Team, I live in India and am currently using Jio Fiber optic internet connection at my residence. There is a distribution box of Jio outside my house on the main road from where a fiber cable has been pulled in which goes straight into a Jio modem cum router (jio_fiber_box.jpeg). This box currently takes care of all the routing, switching and has an access point built in as well. However, the residence is a 4 floored structure which has to be networked and knit together. So everything will be wired across the home with multiple dedicated access points in place. The electrical contractor mentioned about a device that will be installed at the extreme corner of the plot which will convert fiber optic supplied by the ISP to CAT6 and this CAT6 will then feed into the network. So in this way, even if we change our ISP in the future, the ISP guys need not enter our house, they would just need to replace the fiber cable on that device which is installed at one corner. I plan on using the TP link ER605 V1 Omada Gigabit VPN Router in my network. I am really confused about how that device which will be installed at the corner would work and how will it replace the Jio box which is currently installed (jio_fiber_box.jpeg). The Jio box can only take Fiber optic cable as input. It has additional 4 LAN ports for expanding the network. Please help me with understanding the device which will act as a bridge between fiber and ethernet and also share some examples of existing models about which I can study. Also, please help me in understanding how my ISP will integrate onto the network (I believe I would have to install their proprietary device jio_fiber_box.jpeg in the network compulsorily) Thanks
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We have an Allen and Heath soundboard. We primarily use the D-Snake port on it and need to be used over fiber (100mbps ethernet ONLY). So we picked up some media converters that will work for this. Only problem is that these media converters use primarily SC OM1 fiber. We picked up some SC to LC cable adapters. We have a 1000ft fiber reel with OM3 LC fiber on it. I've tried to get it to work, but I believe due to the size of the OM1 and OM3 it isn't getting a link. I cannot change the fiber reel (it's damn expensive). Is there any way to adapt or convert it without changing the reel or the media converters? Diagram of connection: Soundboard (ethernet) -> media converter (sc 100mbps) -> SC to LC (OM1) -> 1000ft fiber reel (OM3 LC) -> SC to LC (OM1) -> media converter (sc 100mbps) -> D-Snake device (ethernet). UPDATE: I was totally reading the wrong thing. The SC to LC cable is OM3. I have to diagnose why it isn't working still. I don't see an option to remove this post.
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I’m looking for some help on what type of router & modem I should buy for when I move in to new home. I want internet in every corner & outside (1/2 acre back yard.) it is AT&T Fiber. Any help & suggestions would be great! Thank you in advance!
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Hello. I will move into a new apartment of 59 square meters and will have a fiber signal of 1000/1000 Mbit / s and wonder which router is best for this.
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Hey everyone, I could really use the communities help with this one. I am a professional video editor who deals with a lot of data transfers online. For the most part that happens with domains such as Youtube, Vimeo, Google Drive and Frame IO. My computer is a M1 MacBook Air with 8 gigs of RAM and 512gig SSD (later this year I'm planning to upgrade to a MacBook Pro M1 Max with 64gb of RAM but this is what I'm using right now). I have a 1gigabyte down and 500mb fiber internet connection and use a ISP provided Huawei hg8145v5 Modem/router/AP combo. I also have my Mac configured to use Cloudflare DNS. Currently, when using a direct Ethernet connection (with the official Belkin Ethernet adapter (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HJKF2ZM/A/belkin-usb-c-to-gigabit-ethernet-adapter) to the modem and right after restarting my computer, I get 939 down and 520 up using the app version of Speedtest connected to my local ISP server (https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/406192609). And hey, I'm not complaining about those numbers, that's pretty great. Problem is with real world usage. Usually when uploading and downloading from Google Drive for example, I'm rarely able to get those kinds of numbers and if there's one company who I should be able to get my full speed from, its Google. Now, I've already ordered a Ubiquity U6-LR access point (as well as the POE adapter) so I know my wifi is going to get an improvement but I'm still afraid the hardware on the Huawei modem is limiting my internet speeds and is costing me time and money. That's why I'm considering also buying a Ubiquity UDM Pro to act as a router and leave the modem acting as only a modem. Thing is that it ain't exactly cheap and would take a big chunk out of my savings and budget. If it's really worth it I'll bite the bullet but if it's not going to make that much of a difference, then it'll be a purchase for a later date. Any tips, suggestions and recommendations would be highly appreciated. Also, would you guys use Cat 5e, 6 or 7 ethernet cables to hook the modem to the Ubiquity Access Point? -
Backstory I'm moving to a semi rural area and shopping internet. My choices are very limited the only Fiber provider has speeds only up to 24Mbps. Cable in the area can do speeds up to 1gbps down and 35mbps up. Which would you choose and why? Would the dedicated fiber be better than sharing bandwidth with the neighborhood on cable?
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I recently went from 100Mbps up/down (fiber) to 1Gbps; However my Computer isn't getting that speed, no matter what i do it's stuck at 100Mbps; from what i know, it could be the Router, the Cable, or my computer. The cable is Cat5e that they installed, so i don't think it would be limited to 100Mbps? The router is putting out 1Gbps or close as i can get close enough to that on my phone/wifi. (And it is a gigabit router, a super expensive one at that) [isp provided] My computer should be able to get 1Gbps as i have a motherboard with a gigabit port, and i even bought a Gigabit Pcie card, but yet it's all stuck at 100Mbps still.... All my network drivers are up to date. I tried setting it to 1Gbps full duplex as maybe auto negotiation was messing up, but still stuck at 100Mbps... also turned off some features i thought could be interfering, like "auto disable gigabit", "energy-effecient ethernet", "green ethernet", "power saving mode" My motherboard is a B450 Tomahawk Max, and the gigabit card i bought was a EDUP PCIE (model "ep9602") Please, if anyone could help me figure this out, it would be greatly appreciated... At the moment my only solution is that i ordered a 5ghz Long range wifi card, so hopefully i could get over 100Mbps on that... My network status: My Computer's speed test: My Phone's 5Ghz speed test:
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