Leaving it on auto will just ensure that the fastest possible connection is used. If your computer has a 1 Gbps Ethernet port, if you select 1 Gbps full duplex connection you will get the same performance. This is what will get selected anyway by choosing “Auto”, so it doesn’t make a huge difference. I hope this helps
By 'hard-coding' a setting you might be disabling the link auto-negotiation protocol, and if the switch at the other end doesn't see any response to it's own auto-negotiation queries, it may default to something archaic like 10Mbps with half-duplex, causing not only vastly reduced base speeds but also dropped packets & retransmissions due to the duplex mismatch. At least this is how commercial cisco switches & routers operated when I worked with them. Windows end-points & consumer network gear may be programmed to act differently, I don't know and it's not the sort of detail that consumer vendors generally make available. But commercially, if we manually configured speed/duplex at one end of the link, then we manually configured BOTH ends of the link to be the same. But some (many?) consumer routers won't even let you manually configure these settings for individual switch ports. That was for servers or network equipment that didn't get moved around. If you change that stuff on your laptop and it's associated switch port, now you have to remember that you've done so and adjust settings on the switch again if you happen to plug your laptop into a different switch-port sometime. Or it may be a problem if you then take your laptop to a different location & plug it into a different switch altogether. You're very unlikely to have access to configure someone else's switch port to match your manually configured speed/duplex setting. So overall I agree with the recommendation to just leave it set at Auto on your end-device (laptop). Unless you have specific issues with auto-negotiation and understand what you're changing.
Have you made any changes to your Internet plan? If not, there could be an issue at your ISP. You will also want to make sure there is no electromagnetic interference that is affecting your Ethernet cable (make sure it isn’t close to any TVs, microwaves, etc.). I hope this helps!
great video - thank you. Does it work both ways? I've ordered a 6e router to connect to Quest 3. My computer is 2500mbps which I think is way more than what is sent to the router from the pc. Will a standard cat 5e cable be sufficient?
You’re welcome! I’m glad the video helped. Using a Cat5e Ethernet cable will allow for more than enough communication between your laptop and router. My rule of thumb is as long as you are using Cat5e or above, you won’t have any issues
I bought this new CAT7 cable, plugged it in, and it outputted 90 MBPS in contrast to WI-FI 250 MBPS, and another ethernet cable 800 MBPS, I just double checked all the settings and ethernet things you said in this video, and all the settings are the optimal settings you said in the video, my ethernet port handles 1gigabit, and the speed and duplex is set to auto-negotiation. I think the problem is with the cable, and that it is probably a scam.
I have have the same issue of having 100 Mbps cap in wired internet and i have 200+ Mbps on Wifi. Earlier i used to get the same speeds in both Wifi and Lan with an CAT 7 cable. I have tried your fix but when i change to auto i can see my link speed spike up to 2.5 Gbps and going back down to 100 Mbps.
That’s interesting. The only thing I could think of here would be to double check that both your router and your computer have Ethernet ports rated for 1000 Mbps. Otherwise wouldn’t expect you to have this problem
@@network-from-home I have tried multiple ports all same speed but when I connect the router to an extension router I get 200 Mbps in the external router. I will check with my router if it supports multiple 1 gbps in multiple ports or in only one port and rest 100 Mbps.
I enjoyed this video but when I tried to follow on my desktop computer running Windows 11 I found that was not given the option get to my device options following your instructions. It does tell me that I have a Gigabit adapter but my link speed is 100/100. I got to my network adapter option through Device manager and shows 1000/1000. Any ideas?
My first question here would be what type of Ethernet cable are you using? You should just make sure you are using a Cat5e or above ethernet cable. On top of that, what is your laptop connected to with an ethernet cable? You want to make sure the device your laptop is connected to also has ethernet ports rated for 1000 Mbps. I hope this helps!
The only thing I could think of here is if you have some sort of electromagnetic interference (EMI) that is affecting the Ethernet cable that you’re using. Just make sure the Ethernet cable isn’t near your TV, microwave, etc. Other than that, I don’t think there’s a whole lot more that you can do. I hope this helps!
I also have xfinity, have for a year and just recently, in the last two months I've been having consistent jitter, stuttering and straight up internet drops :\ They claim it's not on their end, was on wifi, not trying to hardwire and my speeds are significantly slower, trying to figure out why :') Sorry that wasn't useful, but I'm also having issues with xfinity
my wifi is giving me 600mbps plus and my ethernet is around 56mbps and l checked my duplex and is at 1gb also l have a cat8 cable and l don’t know what’s the issue
It sounds like you might have the same problem I have. The Ethernet port on your device might be rated for only 100 Mbps. Your speed test results look similar to mine. I hope this helps!
Hey thanks for telling my problem but is there any solution if the max link speed is 100 Mbps and i cant get it more higher because of my hardware i guess
In this case you won’t be able to get an Ethernet connection faster than 100 Mbps, but as I stated in the video 100 Mbps should be sufficient for any internet activities that you are performing with your computer
oh ok thanks for clearing me out i need more than 100 Mbps for competitive gaming cuz the ping matters too much ill get a new motherboard soon with more higher internet capacity ig
One thing to keep in mind is that ping (latency) is different than bandwidth/internet speed. An Ethernet connection will always give you less ping than a WiFi connection. I hope this helps!
You can get good ping even your bandwidth is only 10M, ping matters more than bandwidth for most of the online games. Btw If your router ethernet limit is 1G, you can buy an ethernet usb network dongle that's capable with 1G.
May i ask how to check the Ethernet ports with windows 10? Since it seems that there is no way of doing that. My Internet is relatively slow and i tried everything that there is to try. I set the duplex, and some other things like changing the dns server etcetera. do you have any tips? Wish you a blessed day 👋
The process for checking Ethernet port settings on Windows 10 would be similar to checking the settings on Windows 11. Alternatively, you could Google the technical specifications of your computer to see what kind of Ethernet ports are on the device. If you confirm the Ethernet ports are for 1000 Mbps connections, you will want to check to see what category of Ethernet cable you’re using. You will want to make sure you’re using a Cat5e Ethernet cable or above. I hope this helps!
advice needed please. this is strange I just check the speed on my laptop and its 200mbs as it should be then done a test on my TV which is hard wired and got 80mbs so i,m wondering if its the lan switch, I have bought a cat6 lan lead which should come today to test if its my older leads, it used to be fine and give me 200mpbs but not any more, I have a Orbi 960 Series Quad-Band WiFi 6E Router, 10.8Gbps and it only has 1 outlet port so I have to use a switch
What type of ethernet port does your TV have? My guess here is it has an ethernet port that only supports 100 Mbps. The good news here is I have a video coming out 07/25/24 that explains this. Stay tuned!
That’s interesting. Are you downloading the file right next to your router? That would be a scenario where you would get similar results when downloading
That’s interesting. In this situation your Ethernet connection should have faster download speeds, unless the Ethernet port on your device is limited to 100 Mbps
The file you're downloading isn't on the same server as the speedtest server. That is the difference. You might have one speed to your ISP, but the server you're downloading off at the other end may be congested, either it's cpu/storage drive or traffic on its network link. Overall speedtest is useful for comparing real-world maximum throughput of your own link (usually) but not for comparing with speeds between you and any other point other than the speedtest server.
That’s interesting. Are you performing the test right next to your router? That would be a scenario where you would get similar results with a speed test
If you have fiber internet in your area, it shouldn’t have an impact on the internet connection you have now (if it’s a cable Internet connection). Fiber internet connections have better performance than cable internet connections, but these two internet connection types are independent of each other
@@network-from-home I’m not too smart with computers hence me looking at these types of videos I’m using Xbox series x and like I say plugged the etha cable in because the game was lagging but it’s running slightly better with it our and the latency is lower too
@@TEL250r with an ethernet cable connection you will definitely have lower latency. When gaming, an ethernet cable will give you better performance than a WiFi internet connection. Check out this video for more information on this topic: ruclips.net/video/o_MtfXWyRn8/видео.html
Your Ethernet speed is less than 10 Mbps? If this is the case, you might want to see if there is something wrong with your Ethernet cable. You may want to try replacing it and running another speed test. Also, make sure the cable is a Cat5e or Cat6 cable
As a fellow IT RUclipsr I just wanted to say this is some quality info! But question for you, if I have 1Gbps available why would I leave it on auto?
Leaving it on auto will just ensure that the fastest possible connection is used. If your computer has a 1 Gbps Ethernet port, if you select 1 Gbps full duplex connection you will get the same performance. This is what will get selected anyway by choosing “Auto”, so it doesn’t make a huge difference. I hope this helps
By 'hard-coding' a setting you might be disabling the link auto-negotiation protocol, and if the switch at the other end doesn't see any response to it's own auto-negotiation queries, it may default to something archaic like 10Mbps with half-duplex, causing not only vastly reduced base speeds but also dropped packets & retransmissions due to the duplex mismatch. At least this is how commercial cisco switches & routers operated when I worked with them.
Windows end-points & consumer network gear may be programmed to act differently, I don't know and it's not the sort of detail that consumer vendors generally make available. But commercially, if we manually configured speed/duplex at one end of the link, then we manually configured BOTH ends of the link to be the same. But some (many?) consumer routers won't even let you manually configure these settings for individual switch ports.
That was for servers or network equipment that didn't get moved around. If you change that stuff on your laptop and it's associated switch port, now you have to remember that you've done so and adjust settings on the switch again if you happen to plug your laptop into a different switch-port sometime. Or it may be a problem if you then take your laptop to a different location & plug it into a different switch altogether. You're very unlikely to have access to configure someone else's switch port to match your manually configured speed/duplex setting.
So overall I agree with the recommendation to just leave it set at Auto on your end-device (laptop). Unless you have specific issues with auto-negotiation and understand what you're changing.
Whats wrong with my ethernet? It used to max out to 600 mbps ( that's my isp plan) but now it's halved, what do i do?
Have you made any changes to your Internet plan? If not, there could be an issue at your ISP. You will also want to make sure there is no electromagnetic interference that is affecting your Ethernet cable (make sure it isn’t close to any TVs, microwaves, etc.). I hope this helps!
worked to change the speed and duplex thank you very much
I’m glad this helped you. You’re welcome!
great video - thank you. Does it work both ways? I've ordered a 6e router to connect to Quest 3. My computer is 2500mbps which I think is way more than what is sent to the router from the pc. Will a standard cat 5e cable be sufficient?
You’re welcome! I’m glad the video helped. Using a Cat5e Ethernet cable will allow for more than enough communication between your laptop and router. My rule of thumb is as long as you are using Cat5e or above, you won’t have any issues
I bought this new CAT7 cable, plugged it in, and it outputted 90 MBPS in contrast to WI-FI 250 MBPS, and another ethernet cable 800 MBPS, I just double checked all the settings and ethernet things you said in this video, and all the settings are the optimal settings you said in the video, my ethernet port handles 1gigabit, and the speed and duplex is set to auto-negotiation. I think the problem is with the cable, and that it is probably a scam.
All signs are pointing to that being the case unfortunately. I’m sorry that’s a bummer
Unfortunately cat 7 isnt an actual certification. Who knows whats actually in there
You’re absolutely right. I wouldn’t advise using Cat7 cables in any situation
I have have the same issue of having 100 Mbps cap in wired internet and i have 200+ Mbps on Wifi. Earlier i used to get the same speeds in both Wifi and Lan with an CAT 7 cable. I have tried your fix but when i change to auto i can see my link speed spike up to 2.5 Gbps and going back down to 100 Mbps.
That’s interesting. The only thing I could think of here would be to double check that both your router and your computer have Ethernet ports rated for 1000 Mbps. Otherwise wouldn’t expect you to have this problem
@@network-from-home I have tried multiple ports all same speed but when I connect the router to an extension router I get 200 Mbps in the external router. I will check with my router if it supports multiple 1 gbps in multiple ports or in only one port and rest 100 Mbps.
Hopefully that helps sort things out!
thanks bro, at least I learned something new today
You’re welcome! I’m glad you learned something
I enjoyed this video but when I tried to follow on my desktop computer running Windows 11 I found that was not given the option get to my device options following your instructions. It does tell me that I have a Gigabit adapter but my link speed is 100/100. I got to my network adapter option through Device manager and shows 1000/1000. Any ideas?
My first question here would be what type of Ethernet cable are you using? You should just make sure you are using a Cat5e or above ethernet cable. On top of that, what is your laptop connected to with an ethernet cable? You want to make sure the device your laptop is connected to also has ethernet ports rated for 1000 Mbps. I hope this helps!
Cant figure out why I have jitter and stuttering in games when I am hardwired with good high speed internet. does xfinity just suck?
The only thing I could think of here is if you have some sort of electromagnetic interference (EMI) that is affecting the Ethernet cable that you’re using. Just make sure the Ethernet cable isn’t near your TV, microwave, etc. Other than that, I don’t think there’s a whole lot more that you can do. I hope this helps!
I also have xfinity, have for a year and just recently, in the last two months I've been having consistent jitter, stuttering and straight up internet drops :\ They claim it's not on their end, was on wifi, not trying to hardwire and my speeds are significantly slower, trying to figure out why :') Sorry that wasn't useful, but I'm also having issues with xfinity
Ugh that’s frustrating. I’m sorry to hear that is happening!
my wifi is giving me 600mbps plus and my ethernet is around 56mbps and l checked my duplex and is at 1gb also l have a cat8 cable and l don’t know what’s the issue
It sounds like you might have the same problem I have. The Ethernet port on your device might be rated for only 100 Mbps. Your speed test results look similar to mine. I hope this helps!
@@network-from-homel checked the Ethernet port and is at 1000 mbps
@@network-from-home its says that my ethernet port is 1000mbps
Is the Ethernet cable a Cat5e cable or above? If that’s the case you shouldn’t have any restrictions with an Ethernet connection
Hey thanks for telling my problem but is there any solution if the max link speed is 100 Mbps and i cant get it more higher because of my hardware i guess
In this case you won’t be able to get an Ethernet connection faster than 100 Mbps, but as I stated in the video 100 Mbps should be sufficient for any internet activities that you are performing with your computer
oh ok thanks for clearing me out i need more than 100 Mbps for competitive gaming cuz the ping matters too much ill get a new motherboard soon with more higher internet capacity ig
One thing to keep in mind is that ping (latency) is different than bandwidth/internet speed. An Ethernet connection will always give you less ping than a WiFi connection. I hope this helps!
You can get good ping even your bandwidth is only 10M, ping matters more than bandwidth for most of the online games.
Btw If your router ethernet limit is 1G, you can buy an ethernet usb network dongle that's capable with 1G.
That’s exactly right!
May i ask how to check the Ethernet ports with windows 10? Since it seems that there is no way of doing that. My Internet is relatively slow and i tried everything that there is to try. I set the duplex, and some other things like changing the dns server etcetera. do you have any tips? Wish you a blessed day 👋
The process for checking Ethernet port settings on Windows 10 would be similar to checking the settings on Windows 11. Alternatively, you could Google the technical specifications of your computer to see what kind of Ethernet ports are on the device. If you confirm the Ethernet ports are for 1000 Mbps connections, you will want to check to see what category of Ethernet cable you’re using. You will want to make sure you’re using a Cat5e Ethernet cable or above. I hope this helps!
Another great video!
Thank you very much!
advice needed please. this is strange I just check the speed on my laptop and its 200mbs as it should be then done a test on my TV which is hard wired and got 80mbs so i,m wondering if its the lan switch, I have bought a cat6 lan lead which should come today to test if its my older leads, it used to be fine and give me 200mpbs but not any more, I have a Orbi 960 Series Quad-Band WiFi 6E Router, 10.8Gbps and it only has 1 outlet port so I have to use a switch
What type of ethernet port does your TV have? My guess here is it has an ethernet port that only supports 100 Mbps. The good news here is I have a video coming out 07/25/24 that explains this. Stay tuned!
@@network-from-home just looked it up your right it is 100mbps but more on its wifi, great educational vid though thanks
I’m glad you got it sorted out. Good work!
Great video!
Thank you!
performance issues my ass it takes 20 mins for an update thats 5gb
Speed test results are higher with the lan but in actual downloading of the file the WiFi is faster even when performing worse in the same speed test
That’s interesting. Are you downloading the file right next to your router? That would be a scenario where you would get similar results when downloading
@@network-from-home no it is considerably far
That’s interesting. In this situation your Ethernet connection should have faster download speeds, unless the Ethernet port on your device is limited to 100 Mbps
The file you're downloading isn't on the same server as the speedtest server. That is the difference. You might have one speed to your ISP, but the server you're downloading off at the other end may be congested, either it's cpu/storage drive or traffic on its network link. Overall speedtest is useful for comparing real-world maximum throughput of your own link (usually) but not for comparing with speeds between you and any other point other than the speedtest server.
I just started using a wired connection yet the speed is identical to my wireless (18mpbs download).
That’s interesting. Are you performing the test right next to your router? That would be a scenario where you would get similar results with a speed test
@@network-from-home I figured out that I live in a part fibre area so my internet will generally be worse
If you have fiber internet in your area, it shouldn’t have an impact on the internet connection you have now (if it’s a cable
Internet connection). Fiber internet connections have better performance than cable internet connections, but these two internet connection types are independent of each other
thank you so much
You’re welcome!
I get 62 with Etha and 72 WiFi
It sounds like you might be in the same position I was in. I imagine your computer probably has a 100 Mbps ethernet port
@@network-from-home I’m not too smart with computers hence me looking at these types of videos I’m using Xbox series x and like I say plugged the etha cable in because the game was lagging but it’s running slightly better with it our and the latency is lower too
@@TEL250r with an ethernet cable connection you will definitely have lower latency. When gaming, an ethernet cable will give you better performance than a WiFi internet connection. Check out this video for more information on this topic:
ruclips.net/video/o_MtfXWyRn8/видео.html
@@network-from-home thank you
Mine says 1000 Mbps but my speed test only states 7.95 Mbps. i need help lol
retested its at 4.99 Mbps oh man
Your Ethernet speed is less than 10 Mbps? If this is the case, you might want to see if there is something wrong with your Ethernet cable. You may want to try replacing it and running another speed test. Also, make sure the cable is a Cat5e or Cat6 cable
thank you
You’re welcome! I’m glad the video was useful
Doesnt work
i get 200 wifi and 50 etha
It sounds like you are in the same position that I am in!
It's odd. I been told lan/ethernet is faster than wifi.
That is correct! Ethernet will almost always be faster than WiFi (except for cases like mine that I explain in this video)
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