Cat 5 doesn't shield the line s well as 5e or 6 does. So there is degredation. Also I have found that your hdd speed can effect overall xfer performance as well.
I have two computers sitting right next to each other connected via a 6 foot long piece of cat 5 I picked up at Wally World one day. They both have gigabit ethernet cards in them. Both machines recognize the connection as a gigabit connection, but I'm lucky to get half that. Most of the time I get around 40%.
Is there anything I can do to get the connection to work a bit faster?
thanks
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