What "connection"?
Is this "100" what you pay the SP for?
Or is it your router ports?
I have a 100/100 connection from my ISP, and it wwill frequently read at "102/120" or similar.
A 100 megabit port on your router WILL cap out at 100.
There is overhead associated with network traffic. Usually the ISP will allocate above the advertised speed to allow for the overhead and ensure you get your paid for speed.i ask because i'm not sure if the cable is cat 6 or more , also i'm not sure if the port on the fiber modem is 100 mbps or if it's 1000. in speed test it goes to about 127 but then it goes back to 100 . is this capped at 100 ?? please help
There is overhead associated with network traffic. Usually the ISP will allocate above the advertised speed to allow for the overhead and ensure you get your paid for speed.
As long as you get around the same thing as what you pay for, you're not missing out on anything.i ask because if in the future they upgrade speeds on my current plan, i wouldn't be missing anything ... ??
You can likely figure out the port speeds by plugging your pc into each and then looking at the network status and it will show you the speed it connected. Most routers have all the same speed ports but I have seen some strange devices people post here so it is possible the speeds are different.
In general if the port is physically 100mbps you will get around 94mbps because of the overhead for the mac addresses in the packets. If you see rates even slightly over 100mbps that means the port is running at gigabit speed and there is a limit in the ISP network.
"Cat7" cables are usually junk. Get a 100% copper 22 to 24GA cat5e or cat6a cable. Don't believe that a higher nuumber is better.thanks for the help bro. i think i'll be doing what you said with a cat 7 cable , just in case