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Jakob_6
Contributor I
January 14, 2014
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Flat Ethernet cable

  • January 14, 2014
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A technical question: Is the flat ethernet cable supplied with Sonos equipment "twisted pair" like traditional (round) ethernet cable?
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    bariswheel
    Lyricist III
    April 24, 2017
    Theoretical throughput maxes at 100Mbps, according to the speed test I ran, I was getting 35-40Mbps actual throughput. At any rate, I'm compartmentalizing and moving on as ethernet is out of the question with the Apple TV. It's going to have to be 5GHz.
    ratty
    ratty
    April 24, 2017
    A dodgy cable will quite possibly yield widely varying ping test results, if not complete failures, particularly if the cable is flexed during the test.

    Also don't rule out the RJ45 couplings. Pull and re-seat the plugs a few times to clean the mating surfaces.
    jishi
    Headliner II
    April 24, 2017
    Theoretical throughput maxes at 100Mbps, according to the speed test I ran, I was getting 35-40Mbps actual throughput. At any rate, I'm compartmentalizing and moving on as ethernet is out of the question with the Apple TV. It's going to have to be 5GHz.

    With cable, there is no real "actual throughput", you get 100Mbit, period. Any discrepancies is on the communicating parties that can't keep up with that.

    Flaky transmission on ethernet cables are mostly due to mismatch in duplex and/or negotiated speed (using auto in one end, and a configured port speed in the other), but that usually have worse result than 30-40% (more like 2-3%). Do note that sometimes auto-negotiation fails, unplugging and replugging then usually fixes it.
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