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sorry guys what is the topic today oh that's right rj45 Ethernet cables we're gonna tell you everything you need to know as fast as poss is this all you got whoa there we go that's more like it if you live on the planet Earth you've probably seen an rj45 Ethernet cable and a jack that it goes into at some point so it'll be on the back your computer on the back your modem network switch wherever else like that and then the cable plugs into it with a nice little locking connector just like that but what actually affects the performance of this interface the number one factor affecting the performance of the link speed is the rated link speed so the most common speeds now are ten hundred which runs at 100 megabit per second gigabit which runs at 1,000 megabit per second and ten gigabit however because the ports and the cables all look the same superficially you sometimes have to get down to the little details to see what speed a device is capable of running at another alternative is checking the manufacturer website or looking on the side of the box one of the challenges however is that the way that manufacturers denote the speeds can often vary so here are four different ways that you might see one gigabit per second actually written data signal integrity is also affected by the cables so it can be rated at ten gigabit all at once but if you have a low quality cable in between your speed is going to be degraded and not down to five gigabit it's going to go all the way down to gigabit you can only go in full steps so make sure you have a cable that's rated for the correct speed and the correct distance the most common cable types these days are cat 5e which is rated for a hundred meters at gigabit speed but only 55 meters at ten gigabit speed and cat six which is actually rated for a hundred meters at full ten gigabit speed however it's not always easy to tell what type of cable you're looking at so look for the fine printing on the side of the cable in order to tell you exactly what type you're dealing with it'll tell you the thickness of the wires inside as well as the category rating it's usually pretty easy to tell if there's a performance problem with your network for example that file that normally transfers in ten seconds might be taking a hundred seconds all of a sudden because it's running at a slower speed you the problem isn't caused by the network card itself so there's a few things that you can do before you go ahead and replace your cable number one I always do this first is take the connector and plug it in and pull it out a few times this can scratch off any corrosion or oxidation on the connectors and can give you a better connection between the cable itself and the network interface card or the router the next thing you can do is check your cable run do you have any really tight bends or any kinks in the cable these can cause problems and they can make it so that your signal is degraded last thing I'd check is make sure that you're not actually running a cable that's too far maybe you have a single 100 meter cable and you go aw well it's rated for a hundred meters it should be fine what if it's running into a switch somewhere that has some internal cabling what if that is been running another 1 meter or 5 meter cable that goes out to another device that's where you can run into trouble with the distances so once you've checked all those things and you still aren't getting the connection you need it might be time to replace your cable with something that runs a higher category or a higher quality internally wha hey guys thanks for watching this episode of as fast as possible on tech quickie if you enjoyed it make sure you subscribe and also don't forget to hit that like button it helps us out a lot share this video with anyone you think might benefit from it and if you have any ideas for future episodes as fast as possible click the link in the description of the video and leave us a suggestion we will make sure to monitor and hopefully you'll see your idea soon see you guys again next time