Cable overhead? Pulling the most out of a 1gig internet with 2.5gig ports? - eviltoast

This may sound obvious but as I just had to run some cat7 to get my full 10gig to my nas I thought I would ask.

So I have a 1gig internet connection though spectrum, the cable modem notes that the port is a 2.5 gig port. Would I have any better connection if I connected it to a 2.5 port on my Ubiquity, and used higher cat cables?

Normally you never get your 1gig you pay for, but do you think I might get any more by having the cabling out of it be at 2.5? I normally get 912 Mbps on my speed test, so I know i’m scraping the barrel of what I can improve.

  • cyberentomology@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    “Cat 7” is not a real thing. It’s just high-spec 6A, and the higher spec doesn’t do anything for Ethernet speeds because 10GBaseT is already supported with plain old Cat6A or even Cat6 at shorter distances.