[plug] Router slow down

[Byron Hammond]

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2026, 6:24 pm gavinwc via plug, <plug at plug.org.au> wrote:

> Thanks for your ideas and suggestions.
>
> I was being lazy when typing, though I know it makes a big technical
> difference - I have indeed run cat5e through my house, and have a cable
> tester to check my cables, mostly because I tend to make my own most of the
> time.
>
> I've decided that I will be looking to update my router, anyway, because
> even with the lan cable runs from time-to-time having better wifi in the
> house wouldn't go astray.
>
> Thanks.
> Gav
>
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 at 22:14, <chtan.chtassoc at tuta.io> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gavin,
>>
>> I also have a VX220-G2v which I am using as a temporary wifi access point
>> (and it is not really up to the task). Also, the release of this
>> modem/router was in 2020 and it is quite old by these days standards.
>> Out of curiousity, I just tested the LAN Ports and the ports can handle
>> 500Mbps comfortably with cat5e cable.
>>
>> Just a couple of observations, which in case may help:
>>
>> 1. Is the router plugged into the NBN box via the "blue WAN" Port?
>> 2. You mentioned cat5 - which is only rated for 100Mbps and you should
>> ideally be using cat5e at the minimum and presumably the RJ45 ends have
>> been tested.
>>
>> Hope you find a resolution and if you do need any cat5e cable, I might
>> have some (still in the box) sitting around in my garage somewhere, but I
>> cannot help regarding testing the RJ45 cable ends.
>> Cheers,
>> Choong
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>> 28 Aug 2026, 11:23 by plug at plug.org.au:
>>
>> Hi people,
>>
>> Longtime lurker (joined late-90s), but it's been a long time since
>> posting :-)
>>
>> I have a TP-Link WiFi router model VX220-G2v that was standard issue when
>> I signed up to iinet several years ago. The specs are still good by today's
>> standards - or are they?
>>
>> I've always been fortunate to have FTTP since NBN upgraded my area to
>> fibre several years ago. For a long time I've been on a 50Mbs plan, but
>> recent price drops and a change of provider saw me upgrade to a 500Mbs plan
>> for the same cost.
>>
>> I've run Cat5 cable through the ceiling to a few sockets in different
>> rooms, so we're not talking about WiFi speeds here, only cable.
>>
>> Now, at first I wasn't getting the speeds advertised and discovered that
>> the short leg of Cat6 from the NBN modem to the router was the problem, so
>> I replaced that. Still I was getting only a max of 260-280 Mbs by cable to
>> a room through the router. No other traffic on the network, just one PC.
>>
>> In my fault-finding I decided to connect directly to the NBN modem using
>> the same short cable that went to the TP-Link router. Boom! Immediately
>> 520Mbs. Then I connected the cat5 that ran to another room direct to the
>> NBN modem - again 500+Mbs.
>>
>> So, the weakness is the TP-Link router that even with gigabit ports and
>> even if running on cable, not WiFi, is robbing me of half my available
>> speed with only one device on the network, including no WiFi activity at
>> the time of testing from any other device.
>> Seems a good idea to upgrade the router, but is this actually going to
>> help and give me effectively a "straight-through" connection with no speed
>> loss when a single device is connected?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Gavin
>>
>>
>>
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