Help getting gigabit ethernet to work

[Cornholio]

Right guys,

mobo is gigabyte ma770t

router is d-link dir-615

Both have capable ethernet ports of 10/100/1000, but i can only get the pc connected at 100mbps .

Any advice ?

[arthurleung]

DIR-615 specification stats 10/100 only

Specifications
Standards
• IEEE 802.11n
• IEEE 802.11g
• IEEE 802.3
• IEEE 802.3u
Device Interface
• 4 10/100 LAN Ports
• 1 10/100 WAN Port

[Tumble]

Check your cables - gigabit ethernet requires all 8 pairs to be connected. If you've got a pair down in the cable it'll switch down to 100.

[dangel]

DIR-615 specification stats 10/100 only

This! It's a 4 Port 10/100 Switch only.

I've got a 100mbit router too (a draytek) and the way i got around it was to buy a 4 port gigabit switch and hook all the pc's to that and then the switch to the router - that way your PCs have their own gigabit lan, with a 100mbit hook to the router for internet.

PC1-----1GBIT--------->GIGABIT SWITCH------100mbit------->DLINK ROUTER
                          / \
                           ¦
PC2-----------1GBIT--------+

[burble]

Check your cables - gigabit ethernet requires all 8 pairs to be connected. If you've got a pair down in the cable it'll switch down to 100.

4 pairs

[s_kinton]

Mine house is wired up just as, Dangels is with no problems running gigabit. Just get yourself a 4 port gigabit switch and you're sorted.

[Cornholio]

This! It's a 4 Port 10/100 Switch only.

I've got a 100mbit router too (a draytek) and the way i got around it was to buy a 4 port gigabit switch and hook all the pc's to that and then the switch to the router - that way your PCs have their own gigabit lan, with a 100mbit hook to the router for internet.

PC1-----1GBIT--------->GIGABIT SWITCH------100mbit------->DLINK ROUTER
                          / \
                           ¦
PC2-----------1GBIT--------+

Might give that a go, although im tempted to just buy the dir 655 as it would just replace the dir 615 and save space over buying a switch.

[Cornholio]

Or..

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Dlink...gigabit-switch

or

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Dlink...c-OLED-DISPLAY

I mean..wireless N has been out a while now, is there anything new in the not so distant future ?

[arthurleung]

Or..

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Dlink...gigabit-switch

or

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Dlink...c-OLED-DISPLAY

I mean..wireless N has been out a while now, is there anything new in the not so distant future ?

It is almost certainly much cheaper to use separate router and GbE switch. That is why the demand is not there and the price of integrated 802.11n & GbE routers are high.

Anyone paying 165 quids for a 4 port router would be out of their mind.

802.11n barely saturates the 10/100 network assuming super clean wireless signal with no interference. 300Mbps link speed on wireless doesn't mean you can actually push 300Mbps over. In 99% of case the actual throughput is less than 100Mbps.

[s_kinton]

I would personally go for a seperate gigabit switch everytime...no real downsides and its a hell of alot cheaper

[peterb]

When I upgraded my Lan, I created 2 - one for the Pcs - operating at Gigabit, and one operating at 100/10 for legacy and peripherals (printers, VoIP ddevices) that didn't support Gigabit. The link between the two is the 100 Mb switch built into the router.

[mr-zeeman]

A lot are saying get a switch which is not you're asking check the switch on your router is GB else yoou're never going to get a GB connection its not important unless you have say a networked drive you want quick access to or a other pc on you're network you want to share/access.