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Ethernet limited to 100 Mbps
My gateway is getting 500Mbps, Wi-Fi devices can reach close to that speed, but my ethernet ports are locked at 100Mbps. My Windows PC has no wireless adapter, and I don't care to buy one because I shouldn't need to.
I have an XB6, both ports are Gigabit. They display flashing orange lights.
I'm using a 10' Cat5e cable, and I've tried using a different Cat5e. My motherboard has a GbE port.
Changing Speed & Duplex from Auto to 1.0 Gbps Full Duplex has no effect, other than briefly showing my link speed to be 1000Mbps in Windows settings, but when it actually connects to the network it changes to 100Mbps again.
I've done all this troubleshooting without a VPN.
I've got a headache trying to figure this out. Any help or possible solutions outside of the few I've mentioned is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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dncn
3 Messages
4 hours ago
Whelp, the issue was apparently with the cables. I bought a Cat 6 cable today and the XB6 automatically switched to a 1Gb connection.
If you're having this issue and you're using a Cat 5e cable, get a Cat 6. It doesn't matter if a Cat 5e is theoretically adequate, it just won't work for some reason (in my case, of course. YMMV)
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user_sp54id
3 Messages
1 day ago
I am having the same issue with my 2000mbps, i was getting 2300 at some points and now it just wont go passed 940 mbps. I've been looking at resolutions everywhere on trying to see what changed with my network but i cant seem to find what's wrong. Ive also changed my link speed to 2500 and changes automatically to 1000 when i took off the auto setting... so im on the same boat and get no answers from xfinity
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