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Network Card Running at only 10mps

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by douglasb

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I have two gigabit 10/100/1000 NIC's installed in a peer to peer network computer. This computer connects to a wireless broadband modem, and the other computers on my network connect to this computer for internet access. Even though the NIC's are identical, the one connected to the modem runs at 10mps while the one connected to my home network hub is running at 100mps. Any idea why I can't get 100 from the card connected to the modem? I have tried setting the faster speed as the default for the card, then set it to "auto" it still runs at only 10mps. Thanks

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by techrepublic

You don't say what wireless modem you are using, but most of the ones I have dealt with in the past only support 10MBs anyway.

If you are confident that the modem supports 100, you could try pluging the modem into your hub/switch and see if you get a 100 light that way.

by jferris430

Douglas

I think you will find that because you connect via a modem you will only ever achieve 10mps. We have a similar problem at our site and even high speed modems only go at 10mps.

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