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Originally Posted by rws333
Installed Quantum 2G, but the Cat 5 cable will not handle that much bandwith. Need to install Cat 6 cable. Do you know of a good contractor to run Cat 6 ?
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I will PM you and help.
FYI, technically, Cat 5E supports data transfer speeds up to one Gigabit per second (Gbps) at 100 MHz up to 328 feet.
Typically, in a home here in the Villages most ethernet runs are less than 75 feet. There are exceptions but this is the norm.
I've done extensive testing in my home here in the Villages and was able to get up to 8Gbs over my Cat 5E cabling using OpenSpeedTest on my own internal server.
There are numerous studies stating that although Cat 5E is "rated" for 1Gbs, it is still acceptable for 2.5Gbs and higher depending on the length of the cable. Even at 100 feet there are YouTube videos where you can see there was no difference between Cat 5E, 6, 6A or 7 at this length. They all were able to run up to 10Gbs.
All this said, this is only valid if you have good Cat 5E cable, which we do here in the Villages and the connectors and jacks are intstalled properly. This is always suspect.
This is why I would like to understand what you are experiencing and determine what's wrong because I seriously doubt its the ethernet cable unless there is some physical damage. Installing a new Cat6 cable will not help your problem if the existing Cat5E cable is fine.