Ethernet hard wire

ramonafromnewberg wrote:

Ethernet hard wire

it test at 550 mbp's downloads 920 Uploads. Is that normal to only get half the mpb's of what is coming out of the router?

It is a new issue, I just upgraded to ethernet my daughter is working from home. I went into the modem the readings are 995 both download and upload. we just don't get it into our computers. I talk to zipply fiber tech's all the time they never have an answer. What is a ISP I'm new at all this but want to learn as much about this as I can. Thank you for your time

internet service provider...ISP

Unless this is a modem/router combination then there is no router involved when you say Ethernet hardwire. The modem translate the incoming signal— the router disperse this over wifi. Ethernet cable plugs directly from Modem to computer.

If you are hardwired with Ethernet there is no router involved. You log into your modem (Docsis 3.0+) and see up stream and down stream and all looks good, all lights are green on the modem, ISP says everything looks good on their end

—have you tried an alternate Ethernet Cable to test?

—have you compared WiFi Speeds using the router to Ethernet speeds using the cable?

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-isp

To get anywhere near the the rated speeds, there are a number of things you must do and your devices must provide besides setting the speed to Gigabit:

Jumbo frames:

you need to set the frame size MUCH higher than the default 1500 bytes. 9000 is supported by some but not all devices. I find using 8163 frame size works with most of my devices.

However, Routers may not always support jumbo frames. It is encouraging but not definitive that you are seeing near gigabit speeds on upload.

NB> if your numbers were to indicate you were only achieving 100M bits/sec speeds, that can be caused by using cables with less than all eight wires, pinned correctly, or attempting to use Power-over-Ethernet at the same time. All 8 conductors must be reserved for signal to achieve Gigabit speeds. Cable runs over 100 meters or long lengths with less than category-5 rated wiring may be troublesome.

Network Utility can show you the ACTUAL transmit speeds achieved, along with some error counters. there should be no more than a handful of errors initially, then NONE after that.

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So sorry. Those are all Mac screens.

the top one is:

system preferences > Networks > Ethernet > (Advanced) > hardware

The bottom one is provided by Network Utility, which is located in the Utilities folder inside the /Applications folder.

The Info display is the default, and you select your Ethernet interface to see the attained speed and the Error counters. an active Ethernet connection will have the number of sent and received packets slowly increasing over time.

ramonafromnewberg wrote:

I have 1 Gig of hard wired ethernet going to my MacBook Pro. I take a speedtest by Ookla and it test at 550 mbp's downloads 920 Uploads. Is that normal to only get half the mpb's of what is coming out of the router? My Mac really isn't that fast when downloading or uploading. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

old issue, new issue what changed?

This may well depend on your ISP—

Have you contacted your service provider and asked them to trouble shoot noise on the line, or re-provision your modem...?

Glad that is working better for you.

Category 7 is not an inherent requirement for Gigabit Ethernet. For "ordinary" Gigabit Ethernet, a minimum category 5 cables are required for distances of up to 100 meters, but all eight conductors must be present and wired correctly. if you needed to replace your long runs anyway, using category 7 is certainly more future-proof.

For 10GBase-T, category 6 or 7 cable may support 10GBase-T over copper, at distances of up to about 55 meters, should you choose to transition to higher speeds over that same copper wiring. To attain that higher speed, a different adapter and different Routers would be required, but they are becoming available now.

Great that you got it working!