Re: [PLUG] How to diagnose poor Ethernet throughput with Mint

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Hi all,

I've been chatting with Frank offline because he was having some
problems with the mailing list which have now been resolved. In the
interim he wasn't receiving any of the replies to his post. He
reports that the problem was indeed a bad cable, and he's now replaced
it.

Walt

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 03:50:15PM -0500, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> I had trouble with speed on an Ethernet connection once.  it turned out that
> several pairs on the CAT-5 cable were bad.  It still worked, but slowly.  I
> was able to visually see the problem (bad injection molding of the plug),
> but you may need a cable tester to be sure.
> 
> 
> On 1/27/25 3:43 PM, Frank via plug wrote:
> > I'm running Linux Mint on most of my computers.  I've just had an
> > Ethernet wire run from one of my workstations to my router.  I'm only
> > getting 100 Mb/s throughput as per the system tools, even though all of
> > my hardware is gigabit.  I know how to diagnose this in Windows, but no
> > idea where to begin in Mint.  How can I figure out where the problem is?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, Frank
> > 
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