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Wired Ethernet line to pc is running at 100mbps instead of 1gb
I just connected my pc via ethernet cable (Cat5e) to the nighthawk r7000. It blinks red and is running at 100mbps, instead of 1 gb. The troubleshooting steps I have already done are as follows. ...
Okay so I purchased a ethernet cable tester, turns out the cable was indeed bad. I went ahead and created a new cable, and it does have a gigabit connection.
Lesson learned dont trust your laptops lan port, try more than on device, and most likely it is the cable.
I was able to borrow a gigabit switch. I placed the computer into the switch and the router. The computer is still showing 100 connection while the router has the white light blinking instead of red where the switch is placed in.
dbehremo wrote:
I was able to borrow a gigabit switch. I placed the computer into the switch and the router. The computer is still showing 100 connection while the router has the white light blinking instead of red where the switch is placed in.
If you swap the PC->switch cable with the switch->router cable, does anything change?
This is looking more and more like the PC NIC. Perhaps try a second test connecting it directly to the cable modem.
Connecting it directly with the cable modem gives me 1gb speeds, just tried it.
My cat5e cable is the only 15 ft cable I have so it is difficult to test out a different cable with the desktop. But I will try to figure something out. It was just strange that same cable gave me 1gb on my laptop.
dbehremo wrote:
It was just strange that same cable gave me 1gb on my laptop.
What's strange is that the PC NIC connects at 100 mbits to both a gigabit switch and the R7000, but somehow manages 1 gbit with the cable modem.
I am beggining to suspect it is the cable
Maybe the laptop for some reason is always reading 1gb connection?
I just hooked up the cable in question from router to gigabit switch, and the connection on the router is blinking red. When I connect the laptop to the switch, connection on laptop states its 1gb but when running a speed test, speeds do not go over 95mbps, however when connecting said laptop directly to router with another cable i get 118mbps.