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Originally Posted by Scott R
Could be a bad cable causing the negotiated connection to drop to a lower speed or duplex. Or... the upstairs hub is old as you say and negotiating down to a lower rate or duplex for you. If your making your own cable runs get a tester, they are about $20 for a decent one that will show faults and loss.
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I borrowed a tester from our network guys (Im in IT but clueless when it comes to pure networking). I will test the cable... I grabbed a fresh one from them too, but not looking forward to threading it. I hope it's just a defect on the long cable and I can recrimp it...