ethernet problem

  1. Barddzen

    Builder wired Cat 5e, only 1 of 3 gets an IP

    I purchased a house built ~5 years ago and the builder wired cat5e for land line phones and had RJ11 ports in 3 locations throughout the house. I replaced all of the RJ11 with RJ45 and re-crimped the media panel cables. After labeling everything (locations) I tested each line in each room and...
  2. N

    Cat 5e vs. Cat 6 vs. Cat 6A - which should I choose?

    Now That's real pain deciding which one is the best. All of them use an RJ-45 end which plugs into the same Ethernet jack. I am facing a lag in Online gaming while playing Minecraft and other Heavy Games. I am Using Asus RT-AC86U WIfi Router which is best in the market, but still, I am facing...
  3. Mathieu

    Ethernet vs WIFI : funny IP addresses

    Hello everybody 1. I have noticed that certain devices on my home network, when plugged into a LAN port (either directly in the router or in a TP link switch) are getting an IP address outside of the boundaries of the DHCP pool: eg 10.x.x.x vs 192.z.z.z. What could be causing it? 2. The above...
  4. K

    Ethernet weirdness when broadband is down

    Hi all, I'm running the latest merlin firmware on my Asus RT-AC68U (RT-AC68U_380.65_2 at the time of writing.) It's a very vanilla configuration (I'm using the merlin firmware to get ssh access / JFFS, rather than for tweaking any network settings.) I'm running both wifi and wired networks...
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