Comment on I spent ~$35 on new cables and my LAN speed increased 6x
SaltySalamander@fedia.io 1 month ago
Cat 5e
The fact that your old cable was cat5e has no bearing whatsoever on you getting shit speeds before changing cables. The gigabit spec was codified and products were on the market before the cat5e spec was ratified. Gigabit ethernet was literally made for standard cat5. I bet your previous cable was terminated incorrectly, and was only using two of the four pairs, limiting you to 100mbit.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Bingo!
Proper termination can be a bitch.
gibmiser@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Orange white, orange Green white, blue Blue white, green Brown white, brown
Learned it 20 years ago, never used it. how did I do?
CaptSneeze@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You pass! I’ve done several thousands of these over the past decade.
confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Now do the A spec.
dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I have not cared about or terminated A-spec after network cards gained auto MDI/MDIX about 20 years ago.
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
yeah I did this almost 30 years ago and could recite it from scratch, haven’t made a cable since hs
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ewwww orange first? Why are you making a crossover cable backwards for?
towerful@programming.dev 1 month ago
I thought T568B at each end was standard practice these days
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I forget the order 5 times in the middle of crimping each side, so you’re doing better than me.