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CM1000 modem comcast gigabit - slow speed
Got comcast gigabit service. comcast replaced outside and inside lines and tested the signal strength which they told me was good - in fact in the sweet spot. I haven't been able to get more than 3...
Can you link the amazon NIC here? I'd like to look. I don't know what it is. When I get home i will post my levels - at work currently. For $50 i would be willing to give it a shot. Did you ever have problems with the speed dropping to unusable speeds when streaming video or doing some bandwidth intensive activity? Other than that i could live with the non-gig speeds, but i make money streaming games and its cutting into a (fine, very small) income stream of mine.
Aquantia AQtion 5G Pro NIC, 4-speed Ethernet Network Adapter with PCIe 3.0 and RJ-45 (AQN-108) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BZ28BCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_EHUfBb2Z5ZGQJ
Note it's price has gone up. Must have been a sale. Also I have yet to have any issues with it. And I know cause my Twitter bot has not been sending tweets when my average speed across 5 nearest servers is less than 700mbps. But again it might be the perfect fix for you and you may need to continue working with them. If you need a Twitter bot to keep them in line that always helps haha.
Note it's price has gone up. Must have been a sale. Also I have yet to have any issues with it. And I know cause my Twitter bot has not been sending tweets when my average speed across 5 nearest servers is less than 700mbps. But again it might be the perfect fix for you and you may need to continue working with them. If you need a Twitter bot to keep them in line that always helps haha.
Unfortunately I am using a Surface Book 2 (laptop). I wonder if something like this might help. The laptop is plugged into a Surface Dock with 10/100/1000 Ethernet. I guess it's possible that the surface dock's Ethernet is the problem...For $15 might be worth a shot.
- Found your problem. The surface dock doesn't have the bandwidth to keep up. It may have a 1gigabit nic and controller but with USB and HDMI all using the same port (3.1 type C i believe not thunder bolt) means you have a bottle neck. But good news. That same company who made that nic literally in the past day came out with a USB version. That company is hitting all the bases with great product and solutions at a good price. Anyway try going straight from the laptop and you should see better performance than with the dock. If not then I have no idea what to tell you.
The Surface Dock doesn't plug via 3.1 type C USB (though the Surface Book 2 does have that connection - and you're right its stupidly not Thunderbolt). The Surface Dock connects to the Surface Book 2 via the magnetic charging port. You may be right in that the dock's chipset itself may not be able to handle dual monitor output, with CPU intensive twitch streaming, and running a game that calls for a GeForce 1060GTX graphics card (which I have). I'm definitely pushing it. Maybe running the Ethernet directly out of the USB-C or USB (bought one of each to test) will help alleviate the issue.
- Found your problem. The surface dock doesn't have the bandwidth to keep up. It may have a 1gigabit nic and controller but with USB and HDMI all using the same port (3.1 type C i believe not thunder bolt) means you have a bottle neck. But good news. That same company who made that nic literally in the past day came out with a USB version. That company is hitting all the bases with great product and solutions at a good price. Anyway try going straight from the laptop and you should see better performance than with the dock. If not then I have no idea what to tell you. So try that USB adapter straight from the laptop.
- Wow the page timed out and posted twice haha