![I was wondering why my connection was slow until I noticed this "Cat 5e" cable only had 4 wires in it. : r/HomeNetworking I was wondering why my connection was slow until I noticed this "Cat 5e" cable only had 4 wires in it. : r/HomeNetworking](https://external-preview.redd.it/XMVjnQRzzb9uz-wYQ6sElp6rYps0Lu4l9iEdT2yYiCA.jpg?auto=webp&s=9387f6114ccc3c2913bab4d1084332c498e1bbe5)
I was wondering why my connection was slow until I noticed this "Cat 5e" cable only had 4 wires in it. : r/HomeNetworking
![My father was making custom ethernet cables and wondered why he only got 100mbps despite the cable being cat6, after redoing the connectors, 1gbps came up. : r/techsupportgore My father was making custom ethernet cables and wondered why he only got 100mbps despite the cable being cat6, after redoing the connectors, 1gbps came up. : r/techsupportgore](https://i.redd.it/2j17h3cfkv781.jpg)
My father was making custom ethernet cables and wondered why he only got 100mbps despite the cable being cat6, after redoing the connectors, 1gbps came up. : r/techsupportgore
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