Looking for Network Adapter

[antimatter86]

Wow, what a day we live in!

I'm looking for an ethernet adapter that will support 1gbs of internet speed (GOOD JOB ATT WOW!)

I have this mobo: GA-Z97X Gaming 5
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JKCHEQ2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any Suggestions? Thank you!

 

[kanewolf]

Is the ethernet port on the motherboard broken? A Z97 motherboard built-in will run at gigabit speeds.

 

[bill001g]

What is wrong with the ethernet ports in the motherboard. Even though it has a killer chipset you can load drivers that disable all those silly features.

 

[antimatter86]

The ATT guy said, and he ran a diagnostic tool, it doesn't support 1gbs, only 100mbs

 

[bill001g]

Gigabit ports have been standard in pc for many many years, lately you are starting to see even 10g ports. Of course you must have a router that has gigabit ports also.

It would much more likely it is a bad cable that limits to 100mbps.

 

[kanewolf]

That is not accurate. Right from the Gigabyte specifications page -- Qualcomm® Atheros Killer E2201 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) So either you have a cable issue, or a configuration issue, or possibly a driver issue.
Cable is the simplest thing to test. Swap the cable to a brand new cat6 cable.

 

[antimatter86]

https://imgur.com/a/Puagv

That's what the ATT Tool says, it's not good enough. I updated the drivers and nada

 

[bill001g]

It says the connection is not good enough not the port itself. The port is actually 1gbit but it will negotiate down to 100mbit if the cable is defective or has other issues.

 

[antimatter86]

Cables okay. Just checked it on roomates laptop +400mbs.

What can I do to make my bizaro mobo work like it should?? Buy a 2nd network adapter maybe?

 

[bill001g]

Cables are very strange sometimes. They can work on some machine and not on others. It costs almost nothing to try another cable first.

You can get another nic card but it would be rare for the onboard one to fail. Maybe it is the stupid killer network drivers doing this. Try to install the killer drivers from their site that have all the killer features removed.