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<blockquote data-quote="porky996t" data-source="post: 884003" data-attributes="member: 75318"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Hi Guys,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I am about to install a Gigabit network and thought I would just try everything out before knocking holes in walls and drilling etc.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I have a brand new Gigabit switch and decided to temporarily connect my main HTPC/Media Server and my kitchen client. Plugged in, all works fine, however, I am not getting a speed higher than 100Mbps.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I have double checked the Win7 settings under <em>Right click adapter > Properties > Configure button > Advanced tab > </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><em>Speed and Duplex > 1.0gbps full</em> - on both the Media Server and the client, and still get no higher speed than 100Mbps on the resource monitor.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The media server is a Gigabyte motherboard with a <span style="font-size: 12px">Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) on board. The client is a Zotac ZBox ID41 with a Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller </span><span style="font-size: 12px">(10/100/1000 Mbit)</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">My drivers are up to date and I am now at a loss as what to try next.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Any suggestions gratefully received.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="porky996t, post: 884003, member: 75318"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]Hi Guys,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]I am about to install a Gigabit network and thought I would just try everything out before knocking holes in walls and drilling etc.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]I have a brand new Gigabit switch and decided to temporarily connect my main HTPC/Media Server and my kitchen client. Plugged in, all works fine, however, I am not getting a speed higher than 100Mbps.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]I have double checked the Win7 settings under [I]Right click adapter > Properties > Configure button > Advanced tab > [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=arial][I]Speed and Duplex > 1.0gbps full[/I] - on both the Media Server and the client, and still get no higher speed than 100Mbps on the resource monitor.[/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]The media server is a Gigabyte motherboard with a [SIZE=12px]Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) on board. The client is a Zotac ZBox ID41 with a Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller [/SIZE][SIZE=12px](10/100/1000 Mbit)[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]My drivers are up to date and I am now at a loss as what to try next.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=arial]Any suggestions gratefully received.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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