NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

fbry7177's avatar
fbry7177
Follower
Jun 15, 2018

Xr500 Ethernet limited to 100Mbit

Hello, I have gigabit service from my ISP.  When plugged in to the wall I at least get 250~500Mbit download speeds but when I try to download the same exact file from the same exact website (Microsof...
ReddieEX's avatar
ReddieEX
Aspirant
Jan 12, 2019

hey fraser,

 

the wan port is on 1000 GBits, the LAN Ports are all (2 connected via cat 5e) at 100 MBits

Netduma-Fraser's avatar
Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Jan 13, 2019
Check the link speed on windows, is it full duplex 1000mbps? If not change it, does that work? If it doesn't have as an option then your device doesn't support more than 100mbps and device manager is showing correctly.
  • ReddieEX's avatar
    ReddieEX
    Aspirant
    Jan 14, 2019

    hey there again, tested it now with Cat 6 and Cat 7 cables and now it changed to gigabit ethernet. thought that cat 5e is enough for gigabit communication but well, nobody learn out. Just use always Cat 6 or higher nowadays.

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 14, 2019
    ReddieEX wrote:

    hey there again, tested it now with Cat 6 and Cat 7 cables and now it changed to gigabit ethernet. thought that cat 5e is enough for gigabit communication but well, nobody learn out.

    The point is that some older CAT5 or CAT5E cables have two pairs (four strands) only - this does limit to Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s max). CAT5E is sufficient for Gigabit Ethernet, permitting there are four workable pairs (eight strands) inside.

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 14, 2019

    Glad it's working now. Enjoy. :smileywink:

    ReddieEX wrote:

    hey there again, tested it now with Cat 6 and Cat 7 cables and now it changed to gigabit ethernet. thought that cat 5e is enough for gigabit communication but well, nobody learn out. Just use always Cat 6 or higher nowadays.