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Old November 26, 2008, 10:29 AM
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Question NIC Link speed not gigabit?
I need help from the networking gurus. I have the following:

- Gigabyte X58-Extreme, with a gigabit NIC. Latest drivers from Realtek.
- Cat5e Belkin cable
- D-link DIR-655 Extreme gigabit router
- Cat5e Belkin cable
- D-Link DNS-323 gigabit NAS

Both the NIC and the router are configured for 1000Mbps speed. But looking at Task Manager/ Networking, the Link Speed shown is 10Mbps.

The problem is that if I try to connect to the NAS (via mapped network drive), Windows Explorer bugs and needs to be resetted.

All components are gigabit-compatible, why can't I have a gigabit link speed? Before I forget, it worked fine with the X48, and the router has the latest hardware and firmware versions...
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Old November 26, 2008, 11:38 AM
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Try hard setting your NIC link speed from Auto to 1000 mb / full duplex and see what that does.

The NIC may not be auto negotiating correctly and defaulting to the lowest speed.
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Already configured as such, as specified in my original thread. Same for the router.
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Probably a driver issue since its so new yet.

BTW, how is the ga-x58 board?
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Old November 26, 2008, 04:51 PM
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I'd say driver too; considering it worked fine on the X48
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Still playing with the drivers, none working properly... but I do have a question: the board has dual Ethernet connectors. So I disconnected the Lan cable from the first, and connected it in the second. Network connections says Network Cable unplugged.

I know (and double-checked) that both Ethernet ports are enabled in the BIOS.

Why whould the board not recongnize the second port?
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In the Control Panel under Network Connections, What is listed for both?
Are they both enabled?
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Both enabled in the BIOS, but a single one is showing in Network Connections.
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Are those NIC's linked through teaming or anything? Maybe that's why only one is working.
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Usually both should show up in the Network Connections. If I remember correctly one should be disabled by default.

What does it show in Device Manager?
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