Random Problems with small section of C5's is likely a QC issue at factory

[markus]

@SmartHomePrimer

Just curious if you've tested with a proper, known to be good, twisted pair cable instead of the flat cable the hub ships with?

I believe he did:

Why does my hub cause so many CRC errors?

Title pretty much sums it up. Want to know why my hub is always causing CRC errors. Autoneg fix is active, so its not a duplex negotiation issue causing it. Its also not the cable, cable length, or how close the hub is to other devices, Swapping it with any other known good cable of length from 2 feet to 150 feet still results in the errors. I've tried 8 cables now. I have also taken the hub out into my yard with just an extension cord and cat5 over 100 feet from the nearest electronic devic…