Okay, it is connected to a switch because i have a lot of devices under the tv and also connected is the muso. I used a Netgear switch FS208 and i swopped it for a TP-Link TL-SG108 just to see if there was any difference… there was not. Thinking that these switches could be making a difference i took the switches out the chain and did a direct connection using a coupler to the TV and the speeds were the same.
The FS208 is 100mbps switch, the SG108 is a 1Gbps switch…so there is definitely a difference between the two switches … what is at the other end of the cable?
Not sure if i quite understand your question Simon, but my virgin router is upstairs in a room and the long run cable CAT 5e cable to the lounge which now is fed into the TP link switch, which inturn feeds a fire cube, Sony OLED tv, Oppo 105 & 205, Muso and a android box. But like i said i did a direct connection to the TV with the ethernet cable and there was no difference in speed. I have a TV in the bedroom with a 4K fire stick which is connected with WI-FI and using the same internet speed app clocked up 140 Mbps.
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And what speed does the Virgin router say the switch port is running? Is it 100 Mbps or 1Gbps ? If 100 Mbps it all sounds it’s working perfectly.
Wifi may well give a higher throughput on a speed checker, depending on protocol used, but in real world with other users on the wlan the throughput can be a lot less.
It doesn’t say anything on the router other that it is Virgin HUB 3.0 and that there are four ethernet ports. I have swopped the cable that was in the mac (220 Mbps max) for the one going to the tv and is still 94 Mbps max.
Does this help Simon ? I’ve got a feeling it’s the top one. |Device name|MAC address|IP address|Speed (Mbps)|Connected to|
| — | — | — | — | — |
|unknown|8C:85:80:1D:11:B1|192.168.0.52/24|100|Ethernet|
|Unknown|AE:CA:06:0A:DB:BA|192.168.0.19/24|1000|Ethernet|
|SonosZP|78:28:CA:11:2E:4C|192.168.0.17/24|23.35|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|Unknown|28:AD:3E:59:CA:60|192.168.0.44/24|0.97|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|Unknown|14:6B:9C:CA:6A:CA|192.168.0.10/24|70.08|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|unknown|60:6D:3C:1C:46:99|192.168.0.40/24|1000|Ethernet|
|SonosZP|78:28:CA:11:2F:E6|192.168.0.16/24|23.43|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|Marios-iPad|70:48:0F:C5:80:FF|192.168.0.12/24|171.38|WI-FI 5G VM0893782|
|Unknown|00:22:61:25:B4:E8|192.168.0.14/24|26.11|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|Unknown|00:22:61:50:DE:74|192.168.0.11/24|70.50|WI-FI 5G VM0893782|
|LorrainesiPhone|60:83:73:40:FB:0C|192.168.0.39/24|13.89|WI-FI 2.4G VM0893782|
|Marios-iMac|68:5B:35:93:D4:C2|192.168.0.13/24|1000|Ethernet|
Well that is the only Ethernet connected device at 100 Mbps…
So if the device the other end only works at 100 Mbps then all is fine…
If the device the other end wants to do 1Gbps but can’t, then your friend can check all 4 cable pairs are correctly connected in the Ethernet lead (100 Mbps uses two pairs, 1000 Mbps uses four pairs) … though I think you have said they have been tested.
It was connected with cable colours…brn/brn white, grn/grn white, blue/blu white, orange/orange/white. But then he changed the middle blue and greens around and it rang out correctly. Thank you for your help.
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Simon, did the test where i connected the long lead with an extension lead direct to the mac computer and the speed test is reading full at 220Mbps. When put the TP-Link switch in the middle of the leads it still reads 220Mbps (no drop then). All the wirings and testings are correct, so i can only conclude that it’s the equipment that won’t accept the full speed (ie TV and Firecube) but i’m no expert on these things .
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Just to say, i put the speed test app on a android box in the same set up and it went up to 220Mbps. So it’s a limitation of the devices (fire cube & tv), i didn’t know this, whereas the android box goes full limit. I know these devices don’t need much to make them work and that this is more than enough speed for them.
iFi mains purifier may be the ticket.
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