Can anyone tell me why I might only be getting a 10Mbps connection (instead of 100Mbps) when I use my Cat 5 cable between my Linksys WRT54G and my laptop? What setting on which device might be involved?
TIA, David
I don't have a laptop (will send you my shipping address). Until it arrives, check through your router's setup screens - you may have the WAN port set to 10mbps. Choose 100mbps or autonegotiate 10/100.
Thanks but I don't see any such choice in the router setup.
How have you determined that the connection is 10Mbps? Do you have any other device that will connect to the router or your laptop at 100Mbps?
What OS is the laptop running? If it's Windows XP, There is an advanced configuration that allows to select link speed or auto negotiate.
Try disabling autonegotiation in your laptop's driver and set it to
100mbps and doing the same on the linksys side if applicable. The latest firmware for your WRT54G (be sure to get the right hardware rev number!) would also benefit you.Sometimes autonegotiate just doesn't work.
Could be you don't have a 10/100 adapter, could be the port you're hooking to is only a 10mbps port. You dont' mention what version of the WRT54G you have, though I'm pretty sure all the back to 1.x the LAN ports were 10/100, but I think the WAN port may have only been
10mbps. These are vague recollections though.
How are you determining that its only 10Mbps?
Not likely to be any config option on the router, check the laptop's network card config for similar options. Also try a different cable, could be damaged internally.
Set the configuration and now I'm running 100Mbps!
Thx everyone
I am assuming the WRTG53 lan port is set to 100 mbs ? have you tested another cable and what happens if you plug another computer in ?
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