I have a USRobotics Gigabit Switch (USR997933, http://www.usr.com/products/ne...uct.asp?sku=USR997933) in my upstairs office, and I have another down in my basement. The machines that are attached locally seem to be connecting at gigabit speeds (I get blue LEDs for those capable). My issue is that the link between the two only seems to be 100Mb, as indicated by a green led, instead of blue.
The link between the upstairs & downstairs is Cat5e, terminated into keystone jacks.
My question is, do I need CAT6 cabling between up/downstairs? Is there someway to test and
see if I can/need to change things?
The house is basement/main floor/upstairs. The cable goes from basement into plenum up to attic, over to wall, and down into the office. I think it's about 35-40 feet total run. Right now, I have the extra just laying around. My thought was to take the slack out, but I'm thinking that shouldn't make that huge of a difference.
The link between the upstairs & downstairs is Cat5e, terminated into keystone jacks.
My question is, do I need CAT6 cabling between up/downstairs? Is there someway to test and
see if I can/need to change things?
The house is basement/main floor/upstairs. The cable goes from basement into plenum up to attic, over to wall, and down into the office. I think it's about 35-40 feet total run. Right now, I have the extra just laying around. My thought was to take the slack out, but I'm thinking that shouldn't make that huge of a difference.
