Hard Wired at 100 Mbps or Mesh?

[tallen234]

Hard Wired at 100 Mbps or Mesh?

Hi everyone,

I have a weird situation in my 2500 square-foot house. I have a cat six wired connection with about 100 foot run from my home office where I have a one gigabit connection from Cox to my home theater room at the other side of the house. From the hardwired computer in my office I get 950+ Mbps speeds consistently.

For whatever reason about three or four years after running the hardware connection, the speeds in My Home theater have been throttle to 100 Mbps. Occasionally, if I reboot everything, I can goose up the connection to giga bit speed, but it always seems to default back to the 100 Mbps. From what I understand this is most likely either a wiring issue or a connection issue.

In order to get to the root of the problem, I’ll probably have to have an electrician come over mess around in the cramped attic, either rerun new cable and or replace the connections in the office and the home theater. I was thinking about going this route, but mesh systems have become much more stable over the last few years. I could just install a mesh system and call it good or I can just live with a rock solid 100 Mbps speed in the home theater room (I haven’t noticed any performance issues with this “slow” speed). What is better a fast mesh system or a rock solid hard wired 100Mbps connection?
Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Tech9]

I haven’t noticed any performance issues with this “slow” speed

Keep it wired. When you have the time replace the connectors.

 

[bbunge]

If you are connecting the Ethernet directly into a TV it is likely that the TV only has a 100MB LAN connection. My Samsung TV is like that and works OK on Ethernet. But, I have switched it back to WIFI. Connect some other client (laptop?) into the Ethernet connection at the home theater and see if the connection bandwidth goes back to GB.

 

[CaptainSTX]

If you don't have a laptop or other device to do what bbunge suggested purchase a small unmanaged switch with GB ports and see if the connected port indicates a GB connection. The $16 you spend will be a lot cheaper than paying low voltage wiring tech or electrician to work on the run if in fact nothing is really wrong.

 

[Tech9]

The OP already had Gigabit connection to this location. The issue is most likely somewhere around ports and connectors, loose or dusty. The cable length is okay.

 

[CaptainSTX]

The OP already had Gigabit connection to this location. The issue is most likely somewhere around ports and connectors, loose or dusty. The cable length is okay.

Maybe but it is still rather uncommon for TVs to have more than 100 Mbps Ethernet ports. Before fixing something that might not be broken the OP needs to confirm the drop really isn't delivering 1000 Mbps. Hiring someone to reterminate both ends of the cable will cost more than the $16 to buy a switch.

 

[Tech9]

Maybe but it is still rather uncommon for TVs to have more than 100 Mbps Ethernet ports.

What TV?

the speeds in My Home theater have been throttle

I don't know what's in the home theater in question. In my own I don't have a TV.