How often should you replace a data cable to optomise internet

Also... is there something I can wrap my cable in to protect it from rodents?

>>59241199
If it works and doesn't affect your speeds why bother. Are you getting more than 100Mbps?

>>59241366
Poison

>>59241490
Well I have shit speeds right now <5Mbps, will be upgrading to <30Mbps in a few days (these speeds are normal for Australia).

So you can understand a few Mbps here or there can make a big difference.

But its hard for me to tell if my shit speeds are just shit because the internet is shit generally, or if that's being compounded by a shit cable.

>>59241550
It is your shit internet speeds.

Cables don't really age or something, even when exposed to high temps - UV radiation is a different story but it only affects the mantle. So If you didn't step on it 20 times a day for the last ten years it's as new.
If you have two computers you can test the throughput with iperf3 in order to check if the cable is shit.

>>59241199
Never?

>>59241625
Well yeah I know that, but the cable may not be helping either.
>>59241626
>iperf3
Can you please explain this to a layman? Sounds very useful.

>>59241658
>Well yeah I know that, but the cable may not be helping either.
Cables don't lose their speeds over time. Cat5 is rated for 10Mbps-100Mbps, some short cables can do 1Gbps though.

>>59241658
You download a little tool called iperf3, start one instance on each computer. On the first machine you run it in server mode (iperf3 -s), on the other you run it in client mode and connect to the server (iperf3- c 192.168.10.10 or whatever the IP of the server is)

>>59241199
are you fucking autistic since when do cables degrade

>>59241199

unless you're having measurable connectivity problems (fucked up ping times or failing to reach maximum bandwidth) don't bother fucking with it.

MUH CAT5 CABLE DEGRADATION

REPLACE EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR BEST LATENCY