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I recently got my internet upgraded to a 40mb down and 10mb up. Downstairs it works perfectly fine with full connection. However upstairs even when using a wired network adapter I only get a fraction of that (around 5mb down and 1mb up). Any ideas what I can do?
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First test: move the PC from upstairs downstairs and try there. If it's still slow, it's the machine. If it's fast now, it's the cable.
Kees
And if someone made that cable you can often take a bet they used pairs 1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8 instead of the published pairs. It's a common pairing mistake in Ethernet cable making that some folk insist on the wrong pairing. Sort of a mystery why they don't look it up.
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