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    Ethernet being limited to 100 Mbps?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by notebooko, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. notebooko

    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    I recently came across something weird on my Envy 14. I seem to be being limited to 100 Mbps through my ethernet port. I'm using a cat5e cable and I used to get 400+ Mbps before a reformat. However, after my reformat doing speedtest.net came up capped at a download rate of 100 Mbps. Does anyone know what could be the problem? I have installed the correct drivers but still cannot go above 100.
     
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  2. nicefella

    nicefella Notebook Geek

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    I feel like I got the same problem not sure if its the cable or not but I used to download at like 6-7 megabytes per second now its like 900 kb/s, lame

    EDIT: I also did a reformat a couple of weeks ago and this decrease in speed happened
     
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    notebooko Notebook Consultant

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    What operating system did you reformat with? I started with Home Premium and went to Professional.
     
    notebooko, Sep 11, 2011
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    bad cable?

    and what kind of router/switch is at the other end of that cat5e cable?
     
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    I'm on campus so no router. It comes straight from the wall.
     
    notebooko, Sep 12, 2011
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    ironman Notebook Evangelist

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    ironman, Sep 12, 2011
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