Hey,
I'm having a bit of an odd issue with my network. I noticed I was getting poor connection speeds (advertised speed 200mbps), so I've been testing other cables and I have these results:
Cat 5 (max 100mbps):
Speed test result/browser download speed = 80mbps (10MB/s)
Steam download speed = 80mbps (10MB/s)
Cat 5e, 6 & 7:
Speed test result/browser download speed = 10 - 20mbps (1.2 - 2.5MB/s)
Steam download speed = 192mbps (24MB/s)
I don't understand why cat 6 and 7 are slashing one part of my bandwidth while broadening the other. The cat 5 is working as intended, and the steam download speed is close to intended on cat 6/7.
I've tried speed tests at the Ookla website, Google and ThinkBroadband, and I've tried ThinkBroadbands "very large file" download test, too, all on both Chrome and Edge. All very similar results. I've tried resetting WINSOCK to default, IPV4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults and disabling auto-tuning. I've checked task manager and the network usage figures align with the download speeds so something else isn't eating my bandwidth.
I'm using Windows 10, a Virgin Media Super Hub 3 and the built in ethernet port on my Asus Z-97A. My network is simple; fibre into the modem/router combo, ethernet from the modem/router combo to my PC.
If you guys have any ideas on how I can find out what's up, I'd appreciate it. It's really baking my noodle.
EDIT: Altered units of speed, for clarity. Added cat 5e results.
I'm having a bit of an odd issue with my network. I noticed I was getting poor connection speeds (advertised speed 200mbps), so I've been testing other cables and I have these results:
Cat 5 (max 100mbps):
Speed test result/browser download speed = 80mbps (10MB/s)
Steam download speed = 80mbps (10MB/s)
Cat 5e, 6 & 7:
Speed test result/browser download speed = 10 - 20mbps (1.2 - 2.5MB/s)
Steam download speed = 192mbps (24MB/s)
I don't understand why cat 6 and 7 are slashing one part of my bandwidth while broadening the other. The cat 5 is working as intended, and the steam download speed is close to intended on cat 6/7.
I've tried speed tests at the Ookla website, Google and ThinkBroadband, and I've tried ThinkBroadbands "very large file" download test, too, all on both Chrome and Edge. All very similar results. I've tried resetting WINSOCK to default, IPV4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults and disabling auto-tuning. I've checked task manager and the network usage figures align with the download speeds so something else isn't eating my bandwidth.
I'm using Windows 10, a Virgin Media Super Hub 3 and the built in ethernet port on my Asus Z-97A. My network is simple; fibre into the modem/router combo, ethernet from the modem/router combo to my PC.
If you guys have any ideas on how I can find out what's up, I'd appreciate it. It's really baking my noodle.
EDIT: Altered units of speed, for clarity. Added cat 5e results.
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