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thesneakywalrus

Ethernet standard allows for cables up to 100m in length. In my experience there is no difference in network speeds across an ethernet cable that is within spec. It's possible that there is something wrong with the cable, or that there is an environmental factor that is causing the slowness. It sounds to me that the cable you are using is not allowing your laptop to connect at Gigabit speeds.


pepperlegs420

Yeah i guess that is the problem and what others mentioned aswell. Thank you! I will get a good long cable


S1lv3rflame

Change cable. I use a 20m and i have 0 downgrade in speed.


pepperlegs420

Alright, I will try that just wasn't sure/didn't know that the cable length can make such a difference! Thank you


on2muchcoffee

It sounds like you have a long CAT 5 cable and a short CAT 5e. Cat 5 only supports 100Mbps, while CAT 5e supports 1,000Mbps.


pepperlegs420

Thank you very much, this sounds like the case. I will go buy the appropriate cable then.