Question Router capped ethernet speeds to 100mbps

[Mechanicos]

As the title states ethernet speed is capped at 100mbps for all LANs. There is no option to change it, also the router is the one installed by the service provider. Model is Huwaei HG8245X6-10. Do i need to buy a better router?

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MiWorkstation
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-4B-FE-DD-BC-48
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 34-CF-F6-FD-66-47
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 36-CF-F6-FD-66-46
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe 2.5GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-4B-FE-DD-BC-49
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6dac:bf32:6f71:178b%19(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.27(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 May 2024 18:35:47
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 28 May 2024 19:53:45
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 321145854
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-27-16-66-2C-24-4B-FE-DD-BC-48
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter WiFi:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 34-CF-F6-FD-66-46
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 34-CF-F6-FD-66-4A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[Ralston18]

What level (speeds) of internet service are you paying for?

 

[Mechanicos]

What level (speeds) of internet service are you paying for?

i am paying for 200mbps

 

[bill001g]

huawei likes to lock their documentation behind paywalls. From what I can tell there is only 1 ethernet port on the router.

Do you plug a pc directly into the router or do you have a switch or something.

 

[Ralston18]

Using a browser are you able to login into the router via IP address 192.168.10.254?

If not, what pop up window or error message is presented?

 

[Mechanicos]

Using a browser are you able to login into the router via IP address 192.168.10.254?

If not, what pop up window or error message is presented?

yes i can, thats where i can see that the speed is capped

 

[Mechanicos]

huawei likes to lock their documentation behind paywalls. From what I can tell there is only 1 ethernet port on the router.

Do you plug a pc directly into the router or do you have a switch or something.

The TV is plugged directly on the router which is also capped at 100mbps

MiWorkstation is plugged on the wall socket of my room (house CAt6 wiring).
There is also another device from where all the ethernet wires of the house wiring run from

 

[Mechanicos]

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[bill001g]

I would not be surprised if a tv only has a 100mbps ethernet port they don't need faster.

What happens if you plug a actual pc directly into the router.

You either have something like a switch that is limited to 100mbps ports or you have a bad cable someplace.

You need to try to eliminate things. When you have multiple things in the path it is complex to say which might cause the issue.

 

[Mechanicos]

I would not be surprised if a tv only has a 100mbps ethernet port they don't need faster.

What happens if you plug a actual pc directly into the router.

You either have something like a switch that is limited to 100mbps ports or you have a bad cable someplace.

You need to try to eliminate things. When you have multiple things in the path it is complex to say which might cause the issue.

You are correct, i connected my laptop directly to the router on both LAN1 and LAN4 and both gave NegotiationRate: 1000mbps

so it must be the TP-LINK switch

 

[kanewolf]

You are correct, i connected my laptop directly to the router on both LAN1 and LAN4 and both gave NegotiationRate: 1000mbps

so it must be the TP-LINK switch

It could be a problem with the in-wall wiring.

 

[Mechanicos]

This is what the electrician has connected today

8-Port 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch

8-Port 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch

www.tp-link.com

 

[kanewolf]

This is what the electrician has connected today

8-Port 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch

8-Port 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch

www.tp-link.com

Then there is your answer.

 

[Mechanicos]

Why would someone install something like this?

So this one should be good even when i upgrade to fiber?

8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

www.tp-link.com

 

[kanewolf]

Why would someone install something like this?

So this one should be good even when i upgrade to fiber?

8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

www.tp-link.com

Gigabit is the standard home networking speed.

 

[Mechanicos]

ok, i will go with this one since its abit smaller in size

8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Desktop Switch, Gigabit, Plug and Play, Durable Metal Casing, QoS, IGMP Snooping, Shielded Ports, Green Technology

www.tp-link.com

 

[bill001g]

That will work fine. I like metal cases better for no real good reason.

Partially the selling of "fast" internet is a scam. The ISP know that most people could easily get by with 100mbps. They make all their money by selling the same bandwidth to lots of people. The fiber itself likely is 5gbit or even less. They might connect 100 houses to the same fiber. If everyone actually used 1gbit they would need 100gbit of bandwidth but because they know that people might only use 1gbit for very short times when they download say a big game they can pretend everyone has 1gbit.

It depends on your house but for most people even 100mbps is more than they will use. Something like 4k netflix uses only 30mbps. So you could run mulitple of those at the same time and have games running and web surfing and not use 100mbps.

People think that a bigger number somehow makes their internet "better?". The only person it really helps is someone who is uploading and downloading huge files all the time. This is a very rare use case.