Network-Card only runs on 10MBits/s

[ralfpeter]

Hi,

I have a RA304 with a 1000MBit/s Network-Card (internal). Connect to a 100MBit/s Router (Siemens SE505) it only runs on 10 MBit/s.
Trying to (hard)set the connection speed to 100MBit/s in the properties of the network-card runs to a "not connect to the network"-error from xp.

Anyone has an idea?

Greetings
Ralf

[kee-lo_]

Gigabit ethernet can only run as fast as it's weakest link, so check if anything is actually not running at 100mbit.

Also reinstall the network card

[feederfan]

Are you sure that you havent got MBits confused with MBs
a 100Mbit connection will run at 10MBs, (Megabytes/sec).... so that maybe it...

[kee-lo_]

A gigabit ethernet card should theoritically handle 100 megabytes per second

[jammold]

Its actually also handled by the SYS file driver under Windows XP.

For instance, my Realtek 8139 Family fast Ethernet has driver options for exactly how the hardware can communicate.

1. Click Start, Control Panel
2. Click Perfomance and Maintenance > System
3. Click the hardware tab and then Click Device Manager.



The image above should resemble what you should now hopefully have on screen.

4. Click the little plus sign to the left of your network adapter.
5. Click the main entry itself, and then right click it. Click Properties



6. In the properties dialogue box, click the Advanced tab at the top, and in there hopefully (dependant on your driver) you will see a list of operating modes you can use. Click the Link Speed Option.



Here, you can see every operating mode the card supports.

Half-Duplex should generally be avoided unless you are having serious connectivity issues, in which case this may help. Genrally though, choose Full-Duplex wherever possible to get the best perfomance from the network.

Please note that most network cards will default to 10mbit link speed and half duplex, even after reinstallation.

Please also note, casually disregard Line Speed.

Pick 100 Full mode for 100Mbits Full-Duplex, then try 100 Half Duplex if that does not work.

You may be asked to restart your computer. Do so. This will complete the changes needed.

As Kee-Lo quite correctly stated, your network will only run as fast as its slowest component, so check the speed of all components and adjust if/where necessary.

Your driver may or may not have these options, this may only be specific to certain network cards, but certainly the cards I have used all had this capability.

Good luck, and kudos to you if this works.

[ralfpeter]

Hi,

Thanks everbody for the help. I tried it all, but the Network card and the did only function together if they are set to default (wich took me to 10MBit/s).

So i tried another router et voilá, the network is working with the speed of 100MBit/s (the max transfer rate of the router)!

I think, there is an incopatibility between the siemens router and the 1GBit card in the RA304. Now with a DLink router the network is ok.

Thanks to all
RalfPeter

[kee-lo_]

To have a full gigabit network you'd need the router to go with it

[jammold]

It is pretty bizarre, but the network can only go as fast as the slowest component.

The most irritating thing is when Windows XP thinks it knows best and defaults back to 10Mbit networking.:smileyrolling_eyes:

[kee-lo_]

Hate it when Windows thinks it knows best!