tipsy Posted yesterday at 04:33 AM Posted yesterday at 04:33 AM Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 100/100 (Mbps) Link-local IPv6 address: IPv4 address: IPv4 DNS servers: Primary DNS suffix: bbrouter Manufacturer: Intel Description: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller (3) I225-V Driver version: 1.1.4.43 Physical address (MAC): So, I upgraded my internet speed from 100Mbps to 200Mbps, but on PC, the speed is stuck below 100Mbps. On mobile, speed is fine. I talked to the ISP, he said the problem is at my end. I need to update drivers. I tried a few steps here and there, but I couldn't get the problem fixed. 1) Tried updating the driver via the device manager (I'm not sure they got updated or any other way to update them) 2) via device manager, updated setting for "speed and duplex" to "auto-negotiation" (which was "1gbps full duplex" previously). 1 Quote
Leatherface Posted yesterday at 04:44 AM Posted yesterday at 04:44 AM What cat cable do you use? 1 1 Quote
Leader RedBaird Posted yesterday at 06:34 AM Leader Posted yesterday at 06:34 AM (edited) MOVED what I first wrote here to the bottom of the post! 😄 My ethernet cable from my gateway to computer is a CAT-5e. AH, it looks like CAT-5 is limited to 100mb! @Leatherface May be onto something! 😄 My speed is 640mb up and 39.6 down. I will have to check my provider now to see if that is what I should be getting. Quote Here's a breakdown of some common Ethernet cable categories: Cat-5: . Supports 10/100 Mbps speeds at up to 100 MHz bandwidth, suitable for basic home and small office networks. Cat-5e: . An enhanced version of Cat-5, supporting 1 Gbps speeds at 100 MHz bandwidth, suitable for home and small office networks. MOVED: You could try turning your modem/router/gateway off and on to make sure it "understands" the upgrade you paid for. You could also run the "network troubleshooter" by right-clicking on the taskbar icon (on my system, far right). From that icon you can 'trouble shoot problems' and 'open network and internet settings" (if you have Windows 10, like I do). Edited yesterday at 06:47 AM by RedBaird MOVED some lines 1 1 Quote
tipsy Posted yesterday at 08:36 AM Author Posted yesterday at 08:36 AM I changed the cable, and it worked. thanks. 3 Quote
Leader RedBaird Posted yesterday at 08:57 AM Leader Posted yesterday at 08:57 AM Just now, tipsy said: I changed the cable, and it worked. thanks. ALL CREDIT to @Leatherface !!! What cable type did you change it to, or was the cable just broken? Quote
tipsy Posted yesterday at 10:05 AM Author Posted yesterday at 10:05 AM 1 hour ago, RedBaird said: ALL CREDIT to @Leatherface !!! What cable type did you change it to, or was the cable just broken? The current cat cable was old, and there was no print on it mentioning what type it was. So I found a new spare cat5, got it replaced, and boom. 1 5 Quote
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