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nvanburen · 06-13-2023

Hello, I connected my PC directly to the Nest router puck and was seeing speeds around 800-900mbps down and up. I needed more than one ethernet port, so I bought a gigabit network switch (Netgear GS305), but now I'm seeing speeds around 80-95mbps dow...

nvanburen · 06-13-2023

I checked and the cable I was using from the router to the switch was cat 5e. I switched it out for a cat 6 cable and am now getting ~700mbps down and 900mbps up! Much better. Thanks for the help!

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Significant speed drop when hardwired into Gigabit network switch versus directly into Nest Puck

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