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I have a MacBook Pro 2017 running is 10.14.6 and a new Mac Mini 3.2 i7 running is 10.14.6 and both of them work fine with wifi. But when I use an Ethernet cable connection it is slower than the wifi speeds. Super frustrating.
My Ethernet cables are CAT 6. I’ve tried 2 different cables.
Comcast came to my home and checked the connection only to say it must be my computers and to contact Apple. Any ideas?
Select "About this Mac..." from the Apple menu. Then, click System Report
button.
On the left side of the window select Network. You should then see a list
of all network devices. Select the ethernet device from the list. Scroll down
to the bottom to the "Ethernet" item. What is listed under "Medium Sub-Type".
What is listed there? this is an indicator of the connection type. For a gigabit
connection, it should be 1000baseT. If it is 100BaseT you have a wiring issue
somewhere: cable, connector, or slow device somewhere in the chain from
your computers to your router.
FWIW, an ethernet cable has 4 pairs of wires and all pairs are needed for gigabit
ethernet. If one pair in the chain is faulty (cable or connector), the communication
will revert to100BaseT as it only uses two pairs.
Trust me, I know what rude is, you have an impossibly long way to get there 😉
Fresh means fresh, new computer. TM for small stuff after everything is hunky-dory.
Because I tried this on my laptop and this is what happened a couple of hours ago.
TM in this scenario isn’t for re-installing, just restoring backed-up user-files (data).
That’s solved. Something in OP’s TM backup was messsed. But good point anyways! 🙏
Slow Ethernet speeds
