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[johndm]

There are a few threads about the same subject, so starting a new thread for an update

Using Hub 4 in modem mode with my own router

Hub 4 speed from Ethernet port crashes to 94 meg on 1 gig service.

Reboot or Ethernet cable unplug/re-plug required to restore 945 meg from Hub to router

Since getting an upgrade from 500 with Hub 3 to 1 gig with Hub 4, Ethernet speed out of Hub 4 was crashing to 94 meg every two to three days.

Although I was using a brand new flat cat 7 cable, I thought it was worth swapping to an Enterprise grade cat 8 which I had going spare. (Used the flat type for convenience)

Fingers crossed, had a solid connection for 6 days now, monitoring carefully.

Hope I'm not tempting fate posting 🙂

[jbrennand]

Probably just a dodgy connection on the ethernet connector - I have had a few ethernet cables "fail" on me over the years

[Tudor]

I’ve found flat Ethernet cables to be useless and will never use Cat7, Cat6a is just as good.

[legacy1]

I wouldn't put it passed VM for the firmware to lower Tx power on the edge of causing a port link drop on low quality cables.

[johndm]

Full speed maintained for 9 days now, looks like the issue is defiantly linked to cheaper ethernet cables.

The same flat one worked fine on my 500 service for nearly 2 years