Hi,
I've been wrestling with this issue for quite a while now. I previously had an internet connection for 100Mbps, which my ISP recently upgraded to 200Mbps as part of the same plan. While the plan upgrade seems to be working fine, it isn't resulting in boosted speeds.
So, here are the details.
In terms of my PC, I'm running the latest Windows 10 with a wired connection, but the wiring itself is a bit indirect. The copper from the ISP connects into the modem/router, which is a TP-Link Archer 5 (ISP provided) and is in the living room. From the living room, I have internal Cat5e cabling through the house walls to my bedroom, where the wire is then connected to an unmanaged switch, which is a TP-Link TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch. This switch exists only so that I can then distribute this wired connection to my PS4 and PC (and perhaps other devices in the future). Here's a very rudimentary diagram of what this looks like: View: https://imgur.com/v5KiMEA
(I'm not able to inline insert images)
Back to my motherboard, which is an ASRock Z360 Gaming K6, which supports Intel Gigabit Networking, there seem to be no issues there and the network connection manager shows the full 1.0Gbps speed detected. Proof here: View: https://imgur.com/NfJ5kwk
Finally, since it's an Intel ethernet adapter, I also ran a few basic checks using the Intel PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility. The results seem to be fine:
Cable Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:30 PM] :
Cable Quality Status : Passed
Cable quality is excellent.
Cable Integrity Status : Passed
No cable problems detected.
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Connection Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:50 PM] :
Connection Status : Passed
Successfully pinged Gateway address 192.168.0.1
Cable Link Status : Passed
This adapter is running at full speed.
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Hardware Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:53 PM] :
Register Status 😛assed
FIFO Status 😛assed
Interrupt Status 😛assed
Loopback Test(s) 😛assed
Finally, my adapter speed is set to Auto-Negotiation, so there shouldn't be an issue here too.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of internal wiring between my modem and switch, I'm not in a position to changes cables there, but I have tried swapping out cables between my switch and PC to no avail. I've also tried to connect my work laptop using the same cables to the modem/router directly. If I do a speed test with this setup, I get the full 200Mbps speed, so my ISP has basically given up on me, stating there is no issue at their end, and only at my end (which is understandable).
Apart from cable changes themselves, is there anything else you can recommend I try before I give up on this entire exercise and accept 100Mbps as my fate?
I've been wrestling with this issue for quite a while now. I previously had an internet connection for 100Mbps, which my ISP recently upgraded to 200Mbps as part of the same plan. While the plan upgrade seems to be working fine, it isn't resulting in boosted speeds.
So, here are the details.
In terms of my PC, I'm running the latest Windows 10 with a wired connection, but the wiring itself is a bit indirect. The copper from the ISP connects into the modem/router, which is a TP-Link Archer 5 (ISP provided) and is in the living room. From the living room, I have internal Cat5e cabling through the house walls to my bedroom, where the wire is then connected to an unmanaged switch, which is a TP-Link TL-SG1005D 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch. This switch exists only so that I can then distribute this wired connection to my PS4 and PC (and perhaps other devices in the future). Here's a very rudimentary diagram of what this looks like: View: https://imgur.com/v5KiMEA
(I'm not able to inline insert images)
Back to my motherboard, which is an ASRock Z360 Gaming K6, which supports Intel Gigabit Networking, there seem to be no issues there and the network connection manager shows the full 1.0Gbps speed detected. Proof here: View: https://imgur.com/NfJ5kwk
Finally, since it's an Intel ethernet adapter, I also ran a few basic checks using the Intel PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility. The results seem to be fine:
Cable Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:30 PM] :
Cable Quality Status : Passed
Cable quality is excellent.
Cable Integrity Status : Passed
No cable problems detected.
_
Connection Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:50 PM] :
Connection Status : Passed
Successfully pinged Gateway address 192.168.0.1
Cable Link Status : Passed
This adapter is running at full speed.
_
Hardware Test Results [29-12-2020 09:47:53 PM] :
Register Status 😛assed
FIFO Status 😛assed
Interrupt Status 😛assed
Loopback Test(s) 😛assed
Finally, my adapter speed is set to Auto-Negotiation, so there shouldn't be an issue here too.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of internal wiring between my modem and switch, I'm not in a position to changes cables there, but I have tried swapping out cables between my switch and PC to no avail. I've also tried to connect my work laptop using the same cables to the modem/router directly. If I do a speed test with this setup, I get the full 200Mbps speed, so my ISP has basically given up on me, stating there is no issue at their end, and only at my end (which is understandable).
Apart from cable changes themselves, is there anything else you can recommend I try before I give up on this entire exercise and accept 100Mbps as my fate?