Viz. My one here has a wifi point on it. When it doesn't just 'drop' - usually when the central hearing fires up with lots of sparks to ignite the oil - I connect at 72Mbps to the wifi. But internet speeds are sub
Assuming the ethernet cable terminates in a socket each end, then I would just swap both pairs over and see what happens. Sometimes the connections if not well made just need redoing.
If you decide to replace the RJ45 connectors, either to test the other pairs or on a new cable then I would advise buying pass through connectors as they are much easier to confirm that each wire is in the right place & has terminated correctly.
Hobby Radio users don't pay for a license, so it's not really something that the government has a continued interest in protecting. In fact, they would rather sell frequency allocations given half the chance.
I use a pair to connect skyq to skyq minibox in other room and apart from sometimes losing signal, probably because of mains noise they work fine. Just make sure you get one with pass-through socket and you have enough room under the socket to accept the length of the unit.
Thank you for that, a good tip - it is a pain to ensure each wire is in the right place. Not necessary in this instance, though, I shall get a cable with connectors at each end. One end will go straight into the router, and the other snipped off to crimp into the wall socket in the outside building.
You may be right, but it caused me problems in the past.
I have never seen a reel of cat 5 with a connector on each end.
I have seen a 50 meter drop lead though..
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In all cases a search for 50m of cat 5 on say Amazon reveals two distinct products. Long patch leads, and house wire cable suitable for punchdown on wall sockets and patch panels.
NOTHING says that the wire gauge and type is the same in these two cases.
I think you're right, it is a patch lead. Actually, I've just looked at mine again because I wondered why the cat 5 cable leaving my indoor office into the loft is white, yet the cable leaving the loft on the other side of the house is black!
The reason is - and I've just looked - is that I used a long flexible type patch lead, complete with fitted connectors, from my router up into, and all the way across, the loft. At the other end I fitted a one in/one out connector to join the exterior installation cable to it (with an RJ45 connector that I fitted). This cable went around the garage, etc, to the outside office where it went through the wall and was punched into the wall socket.
This all makes replacement much easier, because all I'll need to do is replace the exterior bit.
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