On Fri 2016-09-02 12:57:35, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 02:58:13PM -0700, Greg wrote: > > On Thu, 2016-09-01 at 22:14 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have trouble getting 1000mbit out of my ethernet card. > > > > > > I tried direct connection between two PCs with different cables, and > > > no luck. > > > > > > Today I tried connection to 1000mbit switch, and no luck, either. (Two > > > cables, one was cat6, both short). > > > > > > My computer sees 1000mbit being advertised by the other side, but does > > > not advertise 1000mbit, "Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed". > > > > Check your cables? > > > > https://vmxp.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/1gbe-intel-nic-throttled-to-100mbit-by-smartspeed/ > > Of course if it isn't the cable, then it could even be a broken pin in > the port. As far as I can tell, anything that causes one of the 3rd > or 4th pairs of wires to not work will degrade to 100Mbit on just the > first 2 pairs of wires and give that message. Some badly implemented > switches can also cause it of course.
Ok, so it seems like broken pin in the port. I realized I had docking
station available for the machine, and when connecting using that
connector (not internal notebook one), I get gigabit speed.
Thanks and best regards,
Pavel
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