Network Cable Connection Leading To Poor Speeds

jeffk

I have a cable ran into the sitting room and to get it through the wall I cut off the connector (Long story but managed to blag/golden handshake a network company to put them on)

I now have one of these on it(again a long story, ordered from that site wanting full speed, told to use them then find out 4 cables so not full speed)


http://www.freetv.ie/toolless-rj45-connector/

I have Sky Q and an android box, I had a home plug with the cable in, then two cables out to the sky and other box and then another home plug to sky q mini. This lead to having issues with sky and/or android box and looked and only getting 70 odd on cable, should be around 300

Is there any way to easily put on a proper connection? so I’ll get full speed and can go back to home plug setup.

ED E

That unit appears to be full 8 pin, 4 top 4 bottom?

Homeplugs wont give you 300 in 90% of cases btw.

jeffk

ED E wrote: »

That unit appears to be full 8 pin, 4 top 4 bottom?

Homeplugs wont give you 300 in 90% of cases btw.

No its only using 4 of the 8, I had this with the site and was told I asked for a easy connection without tools, ignoring the fact I also asked for full speed

Sorry, I meant if I get 300 or so, then Ill hit the full speed on home-plug, Im guessing the connection as it is is giving me lower than the home plugs

Unless theres a way to make a cable into two full speed connections?

ED E

Rather old fashioned so.


Pick up a basic crimp tool and heads from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modular-Crimp-Stripping-Cutting-Tool/dp/B005GOWWZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500044279&sr=8-1&keywords=RJ45+crimp

8 blips.

km991148

or fit a box onto the wall

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philex-70698R-RJ45-CAT6-Outlet/dp/B009ASQHGO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1500044569&sr=8-5&keywords=rj45+box
with a punch down tool
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-40417-Punch-Down-Tool/dp/B000Q5KLN0/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Z4C8AGG1MHEX3WR2RFSB

Which you can then use a patch cable to go from the box to whatever device.

iioklo

The Ethernet NIC in the Sky Q box is a 100 megabit's/second connection and can only transfer data up to that speed, I dont know what Android box you have, you should Google its Ethernet Spec to see of it is 100 megabit's/second or is it 1000 megabit's/second.

Only 4 wire's are required for a 100 mb/s conection.

Field Install Cat6e Connector

jeffk

I'm trying

Cable from router into home plug
Two cables from home plug into boxes
Home plug into sky q mini box in another room

Seems you can double a home plug up like a switch

Somehow speed on Android box is better this way.
Just waiting on sky q mini to start usual issues

Love to set up the cable properly and have a box with two connections on the wall.
But couldn't see myself being able to do it or justify buying tools for five minutes work .

TheChizler

IME: do it cheap, do it 4 times.

jeffk

TheChizler wrote: »

IME: do it cheap, do it 4 times.

The problem is the good times are back for tradesmen and the old heres a price of a pint nixer is gone.

Asked a fella I no since we where kids who lives across the road, too busy to do the job(even tried to get a lend of the tools to put connectors on and got a list of excuses)
Asked on tradesmen.ie and got silly money quotes, one told me the E10 cable I ordered costs E80 :rolleyes:

We ran two cables from router to two pcs ourselfs, not the best job, but working as they should(golden handshake to a network company I found driving around industrial estates to put connections on).

At the time I didn't think about running a cable to android box(thought the router is in next room,wifi be good enough) and didn't have Sky Q.

Now I wont pay to rent a drill an/or buy tools for five minuted to put cable connection on