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Hey!

Hey!

I'm trying to set up my new switch i bought.

My internet connection from the ISP to the router is 500down,50up.

My last switch could only handle 100 down so I bought a gigaswitch today.

It's a "TL-SG 105E" from TP-Link. I want to get the full juice to my computer but for some reason I can't set the speed for the computer port (Port 2) to higher than 100mbit/s.

If I set it to 1000, it kills the port and when I restart the switch it comes back up as 10mbit/s, and when I set it to auto-speed it caps it at 100mbit/s.

Please help how to configure this!

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abailey
That almost certainly means you have on old or bad cable, or your computers ethernet card is 100Mbit max. Make sure your ethernet cable is CAT5 (or above like Cat5e, Cat6, etc). To check the card on your computer you need to look at its properties generally. One place to see it in the properties is what options are available for manually setting the card. If 100Mbit is the fastest you can manually set it, then there is a good bet that is the maximum it can do and you need a new gigabit network card.
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Unless there is a problem you should not have to manually set the connection speed. Your switch and computer should negotiate the fastest speed available to both of them. If you just want to set the speed manually you must set it on both ends. Meaning you have to set it in the switch and set it on your computer (to the same speed and duplex). You cannot have one side Auto and the other side set manually. If you do that it will default to the slowest which is usually 10Mbit, half duplex.
 
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Thank you for the fast reply Abailey :)

I see - but when it's set to auto it's always on 100mbit, how do I get it faster? I want to be able to utilize the 500 mbit downspeed I have.

Cheers
 
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That almost certainly means you have on old or bad cable, or your computers ethernet card is 100Mbit max. Make sure your ethernet cable is CAT5 (or above like Cat5e, Cat6, etc). To check the card on your computer you need to look at its properties generally. One place to see it in the properties is what options are available for manually setting the card. If 100Mbit is the fastest you can manually set it, then there is a good bet that is the maximum it can do and you need a new gigabit network card.
 
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Yeah... I feel dumb, I just tried another LAN-cable and now it works flawlessly

Thanks for all the help!
 
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