I have an interesting setup and would be interested in seeing where my bottleneck might be.
I have a Nest Wifi (v2) connection behind my cable modem. Google WiFi's outbound port then goes into a GS308 Netgear unmanaged switch, which 1) connects directly to my desktop 2) has a cable that then goes to a Netgear managed switch (JGS524E) that then has cables that are wired and go out to Ethernet ports in my home as well as to various Google WiFi pucks to amplify the wireless connectivity.
I notice that every so often, my wired connection from the GS308 switch will drop from my 200mbit speed (220mbps is typically what I get) to 20-40mbps. This also impacts the wireless devices and the rest of the devices in the house. Until I either power cycle the GS308 or move the outbound Google WiFi cable to another port on the switch, it stays at that 20-40mbps speed. But whenever I move the cable, I get fast speeds again. Then they drop, which could be either within a few hours or a few days. This ends up spreading throughout my home (wired AND wireless) until I power cycle or relocate the cable again.
Thinking the issue was the GS308, since that serves both the wired computer and the entire network,. I replaced it with a GS108, and the issue happened again, so it's not the switch. I also tried another cable outbound from the Google WiFi router to the GS308 and nothing changed (again, that is the only other common denominator for the whole network).
The issue is not on the Google WiFi side, because the app says that my speed is 220mbps every day when it does its daily speed test.
To summarize the setup:
* Modem > Google WiFi > Cable (which I've replaced) > GS308 (which I've also replaced) > 1) cable to a wired computer and 2) cable to wired/wireless switch for the rest of the network - and both wired computer and home/wireless/wired network all go down.
Here's a basic network diagram simplifying: link -
I feel like besides the Google WiFi, which is not experiencing these measured speed reductions, there's nothing else to troubleshoot here. Anyone else know better than me?
I have a Nest Wifi (v2) connection behind my cable modem. Google WiFi's outbound port then goes into a GS308 Netgear unmanaged switch, which 1) connects directly to my desktop 2) has a cable that then goes to a Netgear managed switch (JGS524E) that then has cables that are wired and go out to Ethernet ports in my home as well as to various Google WiFi pucks to amplify the wireless connectivity.
I notice that every so often, my wired connection from the GS308 switch will drop from my 200mbit speed (220mbps is typically what I get) to 20-40mbps. This also impacts the wireless devices and the rest of the devices in the house. Until I either power cycle the GS308 or move the outbound Google WiFi cable to another port on the switch, it stays at that 20-40mbps speed. But whenever I move the cable, I get fast speeds again. Then they drop, which could be either within a few hours or a few days. This ends up spreading throughout my home (wired AND wireless) until I power cycle or relocate the cable again.
Thinking the issue was the GS308, since that serves both the wired computer and the entire network,. I replaced it with a GS108, and the issue happened again, so it's not the switch. I also tried another cable outbound from the Google WiFi router to the GS308 and nothing changed (again, that is the only other common denominator for the whole network).
The issue is not on the Google WiFi side, because the app says that my speed is 220mbps every day when it does its daily speed test.
To summarize the setup:
* Modem > Google WiFi > Cable (which I've replaced) > GS308 (which I've also replaced) > 1) cable to a wired computer and 2) cable to wired/wireless switch for the rest of the network - and both wired computer and home/wireless/wired network all go down.
Here's a basic network diagram simplifying: link -
I feel like besides the Google WiFi, which is not experiencing these measured speed reductions, there's nothing else to troubleshoot here. Anyone else know better than me?