speeds not realized, anything I can do?

[MightyUnit]

I have a 73 meter run of cat5e on my yard that goes from my house to my shop. My ProSafe switches on either end only run at 100Mbps and I would like to reach 1000Mbps. If I power cycle one of the switches it seems to momentarily connect at 1000 and then quickly reverts to 100. I am a novice and would like to ask if there are suggestions to improve my chances of getting it to work. Thank you!!

 

EDIT: 

 

I do NOT have the ability to add a booster switch between both buildings 

[geo3]

Did you wire this cable your self? If done improperly lower connection speed is one of the most common results. If it is correct then you could try to upgrade to cat6.

[MightyUnit]

Yes I ran the wire myself. Would you please tell me the various ways I may have done it improperly? thanks

[Alex Atkin UK]

Is it properly outdoor rated cable earthed at both ends?  Outdoor ethernet cable picks up a lot more interference than indoors, thus why outdoor graded exists.

Also a common problem in general with making your own cables is crimping the RJ45 connectors badly.  I found my tool doesn't always work right if I do not move the connector out a bit and do a second or third crimp so that its even across the whole contact.

[beersykins]

Most negotiation type of issues are related to the terminations.  Since you have a pretty long run you have less headroom than shorter runs (needs the least amount of loss, tightest connections).  

 

See if you can reterminate one or both ends, conversely I would just run fiber to reduce the lighting risk.

[Alex Atkin UK]

7 minutes ago, beersykins said:

Most negotiation type of issues are related to the terminations.  Since you have a pretty long run you have less headroom than shorter runs (needs the least amount of loss, tightest connections).  

 

See if you can reterminate one or both ends, conversely I would just run fiber to reduce the lighting risk.

Grounding at both ends (which should be done anyway for outdoor ethernet cables) should mitigate the lightening risk, although I agree that fibre would be the optimal option all things considered.

[geo3]

21 hours ago, MightyUnit said:

Yes I ran the wire myself. Would you please tell me the various ways I may have done it improperly? thanks

http://www.groundcontrol.com/galileo/ch5-ethernet.htm

Most probably used the wrong wire order.

[Mikensan]

• Are you sure the prosafes are both gigabit switches?
• Log into one of the prosafes, usually they have a cable test feature. At 73m it should give you some idea, with short cables the test is more of a works or doesnt lol.
• If you don't do a good job terminating the cables (you're supposed to leave as much twists as possible) at that length you may have issues. For example when you're ordering the cables, you untwist them to make it easier - but you should cut off excess after ordering them. The insulation should be inside the RJ45 connector.
• Notice how the blue(ish) insulation runs all the way in.
• You may also need to buy shielded twisted pair, could be some RF outside.. long cable is more susceptible. 
• Did you test this cable before running it?