maxiedaniels
Gawd
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I got an RJ45 cable tester because my home network has been slowing down randomly (I've tried changing the router and connecting one thing at a time to see if anything specific causes it.. no dice).
The house had Cat5 cables put in ~15 years ago I believe (I may be off on that number), and I figured the cables may have degraded.
I tested an unused Cat5 cable I had lying around, all eight lights came on sequentially. Same with a Cat5e cable and a Cat6 cable I tested.
Then I tested the house cables - lights 4 and 5 don't come on at all.
I read that pin 4 and 5 on ethernet cables aren't used in Cat5, but how come another Cat5 cable I tested still had those lights go on?
Could cables be the source of my issue?
The house had Cat5 cables put in ~15 years ago I believe (I may be off on that number), and I figured the cables may have degraded.
I tested an unused Cat5 cable I had lying around, all eight lights came on sequentially. Same with a Cat5e cable and a Cat6 cable I tested.
Then I tested the house cables - lights 4 and 5 don't come on at all.
I read that pin 4 and 5 on ethernet cables aren't used in Cat5, but how come another Cat5 cable I tested still had those lights go on?
Could cables be the source of my issue?