only 70Mbps on cat 6 ethernet

[ian2726]

Hi all,

The above is cat 6 ethernet into the PC.

The below is over WIFI to the PC.

Can anyone help with what I can try to get closer to router speed with ethernet?

TIA.

Ian

[newapollo · Accepted solution]

Hi ian2726 

Try using a different ethernet cable, the one you are using may be faulty and thus limiting speeds to less than 100, although in all likelihood it's your computers NIC settings.  Depending on your network card it should be set to either1 Gbps or 2.5Gps Full Duplex. Yours is probably set to 100 Mbps.

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[ian2726]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for this it was the NIC settings.

I never would've found that myself.

Cheers

Ian

[newapollo]

Thanks for updating the thread Ian.

Happy surfing 😃