Asrock Z77 Pro4 gigabit support?

[Aladdad]

Upgraded to 200mb internet but im only getting 100mbit was wondering if its the motherboard? in the official website it says PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s is supported does that mean an add on? and not built in?

thanks!

 

[inerax]

First, are you using the on board lan connection?

Are you connected directly from the ISP modem to your computer? Do you have any switches, routers or hubs between your ISP modem and computer?

Are you using cat5, cat5e or cat6 ethernet cables?

 

[TJ Hooker]

That motherboard NIC is definitely gigabit. Are you sure your router has gigabit LAN ports?

 

[Aladdad]

I am using a modem provided by my ISP the huawei HG8245Q no router, straight from the modem to the PC via Cable, i am using a cat5e cable, i have 2 cables 1 going to a router and 1 straight to my PC, the router is getting full 200mbit while my PC is only limited to 100mbit. can i bios update help?

 

[photonboy]

You support Gbps networking from that motherboard.

EVERYTHING in the loop must be Gbps capable.
a) other PC or device
b) Ethernet cable (Cat5 or better)
c) ROUTER

INTERNET (modem through ISP) will be limited to your ISP bandwidth. Mine is less than 1MBps, and most are below 10MBps.

Gbps is roughly 110MBps max.

 

[photonboy]

I am using a modem provided by my ISP the huawei HG8245Q no router, straight from the modem to the PC via Cable, i am using a cat5e cable, i have 2 cables 1 going to a router and 1 straight to my PC, the router is getting full 200mbit while my PC is only limited to 100mbit. can i bios update help?

How are you confirming any of this?

Without a router you are limited by your ISP anyway.

You'd have to copy files between two local PC's or similar (both attached to ROUTER via ethernet) and confirm you can get over 11MBps. For example, if a large file copies at 40MBps you definitely have Gbps networking. (best method is simply to TIME the copy in seconds and divide from the size in MB. Thus if 600MB and 6s that is 100MBps)

*Your explanation above is confusing... you say "no router" then say "1 going to a router and 1 straight to my PC" so... huh?

Typically the MODEM and ROUTER are either separate or one unit.

If separate then the MODEM connects to the cable/phone or whatever, and the ROUTER connects to the MODEM on one side and all the other devices on the other side.

So for example:

PC#1-> ethernet cable-> ROUTER
PC#2-> ethernet cable-> ROUTER
ROUTER-> MODEM
MODEM-> cable/phone (outside to ISP)

For the above case both PC's, ethernet cables and the Router would have to support Gb networking as discussed above so copying goes above 11MBps.

 

[Aladdad]

Yes, I have a Fiber Modem that connects to the internet/Phone. From that i have 2 cables coming out from it. one going to my main PC "motherboard" and another cable going to a router on the 2nd floor. on the Devices connected to the router upstairs are able to get full 200mbit/s internet speed. While my PC in the first floor can only get 100Mbit/s i hope this clarify

 

[photonboy]

Yes, I have a Fiber Modem that connects to the internet/Phone. From that i have 2 cables coming out from it. one going to my main PC "motherboard" and another cable going to a router on the 2nd floor. on the Devices connected to the router upstairs are able to get full 200mbit/s internet speed. While my PC in the first floor can only get 100Mbit/s i hope this clarify

If you have more than one ethernet cable coming from the "modem" then it sounds like it already has a ROUTER built into it.

If so, I would not use a second router. I would use a Gb switch instead. Like THIS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704042&cm_re=gigabit_switch-_-33-704-042-_-Product

You can properly use a second router as a relay, though if not setup properly you can have addressing or other issues. Unless you need it for better wi-fi than what downstairs supports I'd stick with the switch.

I couldn't find the specs for your Modem/Router, but your "200Mb" internet sounds like the max download bandwidth from your ISP. I suspect it has a Gigibit router.

So, again, not sure where your "issue" is though if trying to copy files between computers the upstairs ROUTER could be the bottleneck if it's not Gigabit capable (one or the other, or possibly a slow-down if the 2nd router is dedicated as a relay).

*If you have a Gigabit switch any computers connected to it will share the same ethernet cable (which is fine), however they will talk to each other through the switch. They will not go through the router.

So for example if you have two upstairs computers connected to that switch and copy a file from one to the other it will go from
PC#1 -> Gb switch-> PC#2 directly.

If copying a file from upstairs PC to downstairs PC with the switch it would be:

PC(upstairs)-> Gb switch-> Modem/Router (just the ROUTER part)-> PC(downstairs)