1G over homemade Cat 5e 30m cable

[HipHoper]

Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade my home network speed, Since I transfer large amount of data between drives at times and speedier copy would be neat.

I bought 2 Edimax 5 port gigabyte switches :

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_det...id=4&pl2_id=24

Now, I use bought Cat 5e 1.5M cables to connect 1 computer to each switch, And I get an orange lights at the switch which confirms it's a 1G connection (I also see the xp network indicators of 1G speed).
I also use a home made 30M cable that connects both switches, but it gives me only 100M speed indication on the switches
I don't know if it's because the length or quality of the cables, But I used all 8 colored wires when I pressed the RJ45 connecter and made sure all wires are connected and working.

Please advise.

Thank you

[Ferrit]

I am pretty sure you need Cat6 cable to
get the connection telling you it is 1 gig
Although then it still doesnt transfer at 1 gig.
Certainly the cat5e will be somewhat better
transfer speeds then standard cat5 but not gig

[CeeBee]

There are different qualities of CAT5e. Try CAT6 or shorter CAT5e. Make sure it is well crimped (check with a tester), if you miss-wire one of the pairs it will fall to 100M.
Make sure it's properly wired too... I've had many instances in which 2 wires twisted while inserting them.