Getting only 100 Mbit/s from gigabit ethernet card

[sholex]

Hi,

I have the following problem. I bought two TP-LINK TG-3269 gigabit cards, placed them in two computers and connected them directly. On my Ubuntu system I used iperf tool and measured only 95 Mbit/s. It wont go any faster, I tried many times with different settings.

What is the problem? The indicator lamp shows 1000 Mbit/s.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

Many Gigabit cards will only negotiate a 100Mbps connection with a crossover cable or in crossover mode. You must connect a Gigabit switch in between to get full speed.

 

[noidea_77]

1. check the cable. It needs to be a cat5 with all 8 wires working. Basic cable testers are very cheap by the way. A crossover or switch is not needed for gigabit.
2. you can set the speed manually somewhere in the driver, but i'm not an expert for linux. Research yourself.

 

[sholex]

it is not the cable, i am pretty sure, nor is it auto negotiated 100Mbit/s speed...

this is what I get on both computers with ethtool :

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
drv probe ifdown ifup
Link detected: yes


everything is ok here...

and mii-tool says: eth0: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok

 

[sholex]

it is not the cable, i am pretty sure, nor is it auto negotiated 100Mbit/s speed...

this is what I get on both computers with ethtool :

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
drv probe ifdown ifup
Link detected: yes


everything is ok here...

and mii-tool says: eth0: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok

 

[ex_bubblehead]

and mii-tool says: eth0: negotiated 1000baseT-HD flow-control, link ok

There's your issue. The connection is only half-duplex (HD)