RT-AX88U & RTAC88U AiMesh wired with warning on performance

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RT-AX88U & RTAC88U Single Mesh Node Wired (Cat5e point to point)

Everything is working but the Status on the AiMesh shows Yellow on connection between the two Routers with a Link to a FAQ to improve it.

Why is it showing that? Is it just being dumb?

 

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RT-AX88U & RTAC88U Single Mesh Node Wired (Cat5e point to point)

Everything is working but the Status on the AiMesh shows Yellow on connection between the two Routers with a Link to a FAQ to improve it.

Why is it showing that? Is it just being dumb?

Likely because the cable is bad. Is it a home fabricated cable and not tested?

 

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Never mind. Figured out it's running 100Mb instead of 1Gb the yellow status seemed worse than it was.

 

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Likely because the cable is bad. Is it a home fabricated cable and not tested?

Tested for speed?

The wiring is fine, but I grabbed random patch cables that were not labeled 5e. I need to toss everything labeled Cat5.

 

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Tested for speed?

The wiring is fine, but I grabbed random patch cables that were not labeled 5e. I need to toss everything labeled Cat5.

No, don't toss them if they are good. Cat 5 will do 1 GB just fine. Cat 5e will do 2.5 GB. If the router shows 100 MB and there is no 100 MB switch in between there is a cable problem.
The Asus yellow speed warning is a pain. I have a 10/100 PoE switch and a cam that connects at 100 MB. The router complains that the speed can be improved. I will not replace hardware that is working just fine. My vams do not need a GB connection.

 

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No, don't toss them if they are good. Cat 5 will do 1 GB just fine. Cat 5e will do 2.5 GB. If the router shows 100 MB and there is no 100 MB switch in between there is a cable problem.
The Asus yellow speed warning is a pain. I have a 10/100 PoE switch and a cam that connects at 100 MB. The router complains that the speed can be improved. I will not replace hardware that is working just fine. My vams do not need a GB connection.

Many cat 5 patch cables only have 2 pair wired. Which means 100M only. They also will not do gig fine at longer distances or near electrical wiring. I tossed all cat 5 years ago and everyone else should too.

 

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Tested for speed?

The wiring is fine, but I grabbed random patch cables that were not labeled 5e. I need to toss everything labeled Cat5.

If you look at the ends of the patch cable, you'll probably see that only 4 out of 8 pins have wires. Gig requires all 8. Even with all 8, cat 5 is not rated for gig and can have issues at longer distances or near interference. Agreed, throw them all away, I purged mine years ago.