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Hi guys

Have an computer (aka laptop)

ASUS ROG STRIX G17 - model ROG Strix G712LWS_G712LWS
16GB RAM
video Intel UHD Integrated and NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super
3x m2 : INTEL SSDPEKNW-10T8 - 1T (original drive with win backup on it)
2 of Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB

tested on both type of connection WIFI & LAN on a 10MB broadband and worked perfectly.
I
've bought myself a Cat6a U/FTP LSOH Solid Cable (Reel) - Length : 100mt (used only 25m) and CCS Cat6a FTP RJ45 Plug - For Solid Cable (from CB company in 2020) made the connection myself (preparing everything upfront for a Broadband connection trough Cable)

I've been to Virgin thingy for 4 years (Knowing a little about computers and connectivity the 1'st thing I've done it's changing all the admin & wireless passwords and names for the connections)

- first year had a broadband of 500MB - worked with maximum 100mb/s after 3 months - reason (as they said) your cable it's problematic
- after first technical intervention I've changed the cable I made myself with a new UTP cable (DIGITUS U/UTP CAT6 STRANDED 26AWGx4P PATCH CORD LSOH ISO/IEC 11801 AND ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 - can't write the link D-P ) (20m from router to my computer in the room) same problem - worked for about 15 min with max speed after 15min got back to 100mb/s
I tried to connect and see real time connection to router, check my settings trough phone and connect the cable on router keeping and refreshing the setting on the router over my phone. What did i discovered for 1 min had a connection to 1000mb/s with LAN and after less than 2 min the LAN connection was changed to 100mb/s

- second year change the connection to 1GB broadband - after 3 months max cable 500mb/s (if i was lucky) but mostly 100mb/s - complain again (they change my router 2 times)
I've tried to connect with my phone trough wireless and check / refresh the connectivity status on my router (after resetting) this time I got limited trough LAN to 500mb/s
- second time when I requested technic they charge 90€ for the guys to come and sort my problem and they got to the conclusion that the cable faulty - one of the engineers mock me and gave me a 1m cable to use.

- third year I ask the guy if I can get 2GB broadband he said yes it will cost you 45€/ month for 9 months and 90€ afterwards I said ok .. but it will work? he ensure me that will work out perfect. After 3 months again my connection went from UP to 2GB broadband to max 500mb/s (if i was lucky again). I stopped making myself problems and accepted the facts and switched to wireless only.

At the end of the contract I cancel 1 month before the contract ends over the phone. They charge me automatically 95.80€ (don't know why extra over 90€)

In the last month I made a new contract with EIR for 1GB broadband (thought they will be better)

First month trough same cable that I used on VIRGIN thingy but on EIR broadband of 1GB (after the engineer who made the connection for EIR verified the connection trough UTP cable - DIGITUS U/UTP CAT6 STRANDED 26AWGx4P PATCH CORD LSOH ISO/IEC 11801 AND ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 D-P - (because I requested him) the installation engineer tested was 976mb/s We chat for around 30min and before he left I asked for him to wait to check the connection again (worked with 870mb/s)

Now after 1 month my connection dropped (with the same cable and no movements to the cable or the devices) to up to 100mb/s trough cable. (first time I reset the router works with 700-800mb/s for about 15 min, after dropped back to 100mb/s)
Spoke on client relations, they told me "use another UTP cable". Took my laptop and my charger moved to the living room (where I have the router) used a 1m cable to my computer worked with 700-800mb/s (I didn't check if the connection will get slow again after approximative 15min), switched back my laptop to my room placed the old cable (cat 6 UPT cable) worked with 800mb/s for about 15 min again and afterwards drop to 100mb/s maximum.
I activated wireless to my laptop connected and went up to 500mb/s maximum.

Don't know how or why but all the connections made in this country trough cable after the 30-90days of the contract they limit the speed to whatever they think it's suited for them.

I really don't know what to do. I have a UNRELIABLE and UNSTABLE connection (WIFI) depended of the interferences and length from the router. And if I connect trough UTP cable after 15 min got back to 100mb/s (on this new connection)

When I spoke with EIR the second time the person told me to buy another cable from Harvey Norman shop, but I'm quite sure I will have the same problem.

What shod I do ?
Shod I move to other country to have the connection that I'm paying for ?

By the way on the routers from Virgin there is an option on the wireless that if you are a client from Virgin you can use any device from Virgin with your credentials as long as you are in range using the "speeds" that you have in the contract. (I don't know how that really works if you go in a house that have max 100mb/s connection)
 
Al3xandru said:
What shod I do ?
Shod I move to other country to have the connection that I'm paying for ?
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Bit extreme don't you think?

Al3xandru said:
Don't know how or why but all the connections made in this country trough cable after the 30-90days of the contract they limit the speed to whatever they think it's suited for them.
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That's not true.

How are you testing these speeds? I'm sure you're aware that download speeds are very much dependent on multiple points along the route taken.
 
All the testing are made with speedtestnet (Ookla), TestmyNET and recently Fastcom
Test were made in 2 ways (automatic on closer server and preferential server for example DIGI (RCS&RDS) )

Tests were made on different hours (day and night)

I received today a Repeater (with wireless) and we'll see how it goes (possible the routers from this companies doesn't supply enough power trough cable for more than 20m length and they sacrifice speeds in detriment of length. I know it's far fetched but I hope it's this and I hope I was wrong blaming the providers)

I'll keep posting all the info/news as It goes.

For the last 1 h now that I mounted the Repeater (that Eir sent me) trough LAN - with the cable I had from the main router and after from Repeater directly to my Laptop with the cable provided in the box) it works perfectly (as 1GB Broadband)

Every now and than I test the connection too.
 
In general, the expectation is that Ethernet Cat 5 and above cable runs up to 100m should not suffer speed degradation. So your 20m run should be fine provided the cable is not suffering from interference, is terminated correctly and is undamaged. Solid cable should only ever be used for premises wiring, never for the final link from outlet/switch to end device.

There are two separate areas to be tested, and you need to test these separately to isolate the problem. These are (1) the provider link to you premises and (2) the internal link from your router to your device, be it wired or wireless. Deal with one of these at a time.
 
Blackrock1 said:
Sounds like a network card issue, I'd test on another computer
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really ? I don't even want to replay to your post (not that I can't, but I don't want to be rude)

Freelance said:
Deal with one of these at a time.
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Yes, I know that and the cable doesn't have any issues, was very careful when I mounted trough the ceiling, went under a closet, clamped near the wall around a room with no possibility to even touch it, trough a wall in my room and to the computer (initially).

jpd said:
What do you mean by "Repeater trough LAN" ?
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So to answer more specifically (sorry eng not my main language - I thing you already figure that out)

The router from provider it's connected to a repeater (also provided from same company) and I connect the Router with the Repeater through a LAN connection (using my UTP cable) and from Repeater to my Laptop also through LAN (with the cable provided in the box of the Repeater that can be used as a WiFi Booster too).

For now everything works fine (variations of broadband from 230mb/s to 980mb/s - this variations are normal as they said that they have problems too for the next 7 more days) with all 3 tests (different speed test done).

I'll see how it goes.
Tomorrow I'll test out Elite Dangerous to see how it goes ( it's quite picky for connection stability, specially when you play in group with teammates )
 
Blackrock1 said:
I'd be inclined to rule the laptop out first rather than waste any more time with annoying service providers and terminating your own cables.
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Blackrock1 said:
I'd be inclined to rule the laptop out
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Maybe I ask too much .. but I come from a country where when you make a contract of 20GB Broadband it's give you UP to 20000mb/s (as long as your "rig" supports it) and I had the pleasure to see a full HD movie of 32GB downloaded in a few seconds (my desktop from my family home)
And yes I tested this Laptop on that connection and worked like a charm not with the maximum speed but it went more than 5000mb/s.
So I'm quite sure this network card supports more than any speed that the providers from this country can provide for regular customers.

Hope this answer your misunderstandings about my laptop's capabilities.

For the past couple of days since I've complain the issue (they send the repeater) and the Broadband seems fine (700-970mb/s for 1GB broadband) But how long will last we'll see. And If they keep they part of the contract I might even increase the speed to the maximum Broadband speed that they can provide and build a desktop specially for online gaming. (but not to buy it from this country the taxes here are crazy)
 
There is literally no networking gear available for your standard home network or devices that gives you more than 1GB on a wired home network. (I know, some 2.5GB have been cropping up recently - and yes, you can of course buy 10gB switches for home if you have more money than sense)
You don’t get a broadband connection to your home (or rarely any office building) that provides 20GB bandwidth. Heck, you won’t getting anything close to it almost anywhere, really.
Whilst (expensive) 10GB switches are around, it is unlikely to use them for home internet,
I mean, why?
 
newirishman said:
There is literally no networking gear available for your standard home network or devices that gives you more than 1GB on a wired home network.
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Maybe you should get out of your bobble and smell the pace of technology from time to time that only if your interested in it (I really wanted to be rude here).

Look for this The MikroTik CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ Cloud Core Broadband Router is a 100GbE router which comes with a powerful 16-core CPU

I search it in 2 sec on google (and this 1 is easy to buy from UK and IRL)

Any way ... after tomorrow I'll delete the account from here.. it seems a lot of "knowledged" people start to post for attention.
 
Al3xandru said:
Yes, I know that and the cable doesn't have any issues, was very careful when I mounted trough the ceiling, went under a closet, clamped near the wall around a room with no possibility to even touch it, trough a wall in my room and to the computer (initially).
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Have you tested the cable?
 
Al3xandru said:
Look for this The MikroTik CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ Cloud Core Broadband Router is a 100GbE router which comes with a powerful 16-core CPU
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I don’t know about you but a $2795 device is not your typical home networking switch.
The noise alone would be off-putting.

There is tons of (expensive) high speed backbone and data centre gear available. None of it is suitable or recommend for home networking. You can get also get multi-GB synchronous internet connections, if you throw a lot of money at it.

Again, not your typical home networking setup.

Some small factor 10gb switches (usually for your small office server rack) have been available for some time.
Usefulness for home network is questionable.
 
Blackrock1 said:
Begs the question if you know so much why are you asking for networking advice on predominantly a financial advice forum?
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And being so rude to others when they give feedback or make suggestions... :rolleyes:
Al3xandru said:
really ? I don't even want to replay to your post (not that I can't, but I don't want to be rude)
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Al3xandru said:
Maybe you should get out of your bobble and smell the pace of technology from time to time that only if your interested in it (I really wanted to be rude here).
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ClubMan said:
And being so rude to others when they give feedback or make suggestions...
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When someone posts what’s printed on a networking cable, or lists the (supposedly very impressive) detailed spec of a laptop when asking a home broadband question, that already sets the tone that the discussion won’t yield anything useful beyond very quickly going to personal attacks.
 
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