@staza 

staza wrote

  @Kevin_Z 

Hello Kevin_Z

Thank you for your reply.

my switch is a TP-Link TL-SG108-M2 v.1 2.5Gbpps unmanaged switch.

The connection is made through the wall rj45 outlets with cat5E cabling infrastructure so i don't know the exact cable length but since the 2outlets are point to point connected and the line distance is 12m i expect that the in wall cable length should not exceed 20m.

Do note that my pc and nas both negotiate correctly 2.5Gbpps connection with the switch from the same outlet.

Also when i cold boot the BE550 (from the button) it too connects to 2,5Gbpps and functions properly (215MB steady file transfer of single large file same as my pc localy connected to nas) and stays like that until it soft reboots or boots prior to the switch after a power outage.

Also when i plug the pc on the switches wall outlet and have it forced to 2.5Gbpps the BE550 connects to it at 2.5Gbps no matter wat.

Hope these clarify the situation for you.

Thank you again

Stavros

Kevin: Do you enable the Reboot Schedule on the GE800? Or are you constantly soft rebooting it from its web interface? As you described, only when it soft reboots, will the negotiation speed drop to 1000Mbps, and you need to unplug the Ethernet cable and then plug it back in.

Is it possible to connect the TL-SG108-M2 switch directly to the BE550 LAN using a Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable, rather than through a wall outlet? This will help verify whether the wall outlet causes the speed drop.

staza wrote

One last question. When BE550 is in access point mode do i still get the ability to fix its wan port speed or not like satellite mode?

 

Stavros

Kevin: Since it is not mandatory to use a specific port to connect to the host router in both AP Mode and satellite mode, I personally did not test whether the WAN port negotiation speed settings can be adjusted. If you have the BE550 at hand, you can check this by switching it to AP Mode for a try.