Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.
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@dafyre No amount of string or pulling will get new cable from the basement to the top floor. It is simply ran through too many walls and takes too many twists and turns. I would likely rip the cord through the wall before I could just pull the new cord up. Trust me, I wish it was that easy. I am not particularly worried about my landlord, but from what I have seen and from how hard I pulled the wire just to see... Its not gonna happen without some serious work. The place is wired pretty badly. If I owned the place, I would fix all kinds of things and rewire the entire place.
As for the powerline adapters. I am just not convinced they are worth it except for certain situations. Basically, I don't think the powerline adapter will be any better than wifi on an AC router which I already have.
My original Question was not so much "how do I run cable" but "does anyone know a way to test the quality of a cable without a thousand dollar Fluke tester?" I think that information would be valuable to many people as well as myself in the future. So far it has boiled down to, plug shit in and try to use Netflix or similar.
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There used to be something called Long Range Ethernet designed to provide 10-15Mbit connections over cat-3 phone wire. Doubt you can get much faster over any sort of phone cable. You might be able to use something like this but its expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-VDSL2-Ethernet-Extender-Single/dp/B002CLKFTG -
@jt1001001 said in Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.:
There used to be something called Long Range Ethernet designed to provide 10-15Mbit connections over cat-3 phone wire. Doubt you can get much faster over any sort of phone cable. You might be able to use something like this but its expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-VDSL2-Ethernet-Extender-Single/dp/B002CLKFTGI actually saw that in use way after it should've been replaced. This was back in 1999, and cat3 was serving a small office space.
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If you have coax in places, MOCA is a pretty fast connection.
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@brianlittlejohn That's what I use, I have a coupel Fios routers I picked up and use strictly as a MOCA bridge
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@jt1001001 said in Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.:
@brianlittlejohn That's what I use, I have a coupel Fios routers I picked up and use strictly as a MOCA bridge
I've had alot better success with that than I did powerline.
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Well at this point after reading more about cat3 cabling, I am almost certain the cable is cat3 standard. Which does not fair well for my plans. I am going to have to take a closer look over the weekend when I have more time. Reevaluate and decide what to do.
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Power over Ethernet
TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 500Mbps (TL-PA4010KIT)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWRUICG/
I have the same situation, and that's what I do
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@aaronstuder In comparision to wifi speeds (I have a decent AC router), do you get better performance with the powerline adapter? I see it is rated as 500 mbps, but I just have a hard time believing that.
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@jhtech86 Another option is the use the existing cable as a pull string to run 2 more cat 6 runs and a new phone cord
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@aaronstuder said in Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.:
@jhtech86 Another option is the use the existing cable as a pull string to run 2 more cat 6 runs and a new phone cord
He's already done a tug test, and unfortunately, it won't work.
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@travisdh1 said in Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.:
@jt1001001 said in Test Network Cable for Speed and reliability.:
There used to be something called Long Range Ethernet designed to provide 10-15Mbit connections over cat-3 phone wire. Doubt you can get much faster over any sort of phone cable. You might be able to use something like this but its expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-VDSL2-Ethernet-Extender-Single/dp/B002CLKFTGI actually saw that in use way after it should've been replaced. This was back in 1999, and cat3 was serving a small office space.
Cat3 is IEEE802.3 spec for FastEthernet. There is no reason that the OP should not be able to pull 100mbit through this using a standard T568B termination.
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@jhtech86 I am very happy with the performance of it, I plugged it in and it worked, so I never really tested it.
Depending on your building wiring, results will vary
For $30 I would just buy it and test. Amazon has a very good and easy return process
