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RE: [OT] Network speed
- Subject: RE: [OT] Network speed
- From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:33:39 +0100
> > I'll elaborate on this... are the cables wired in the
> correct pair > order. High packet loss (test with ping -f or
> the windows equivalent) > or falling back to 10Mbit would be
> consistent with mismatched pairs.
>
> If this is the case, would the 100Mb lights on the switch
> still be lit or not?
They actually could be ... I had a network cable that was miswired across
pairs and it still lit the 100Mbit lights on a 3Com network card and my
NetGear switch. It even "worked" as such in that it transferred
data but
just ridiculously slowly!
Phil
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