Lower speed on RJ45 than on WiFi

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Hello,

I have fiber optics but I only receive a speed between 10 and 20 Mbps.
So I bought a 15-meter RJ45 cable connecting my laptop and my box, which are separated by just one room, but I only receive a speed of 9 Mbps...

Could you please help me?

Best regards

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  1. Mekthoub Posted messages 4136 Status Contributor 1 241
     
    Bin? The short cable synchronized at only 100 Mbits/s, I was expecting 1 Gbits/s: The fiber Bbox is compatible, the Cat 5e cable is compatible... the issue remains with your PC: Could it be incompatible with Gigabit? Check the settings of its network card...

    If the PC is Gigabit: The driver for the card is poorly configured, poorly installed, or not up to date. Otherwise: The 15m ethernet cable is indeed defective.

    And you have a second problem as well, to discuss with Bouygues: Your cable signal seems poor, a bit too strong. As if the connection was poorly done, or as if an amplifier was poorly adjusted, or...
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