laptop max 100 Mbps only on COX 150 Mbps plan
I have COX 150 Mbps plan but when I check laptop it says connection is 100 Mbps only. I used to be able to go above 100 Mbps in past, but recently the adapter connection shows max 100 Mbps only. Also...
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If I am reading the web info correctly, my NIC ( Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller ) is limited to 100 Mbps.
Thanks everyone for the feedback/suggestions.
** Speed is set to Auto Negotiation, which according to other website, if working correctly, should support up to 1 Gbps. But is limited to 100 Mbps on my laptop.
Ethernet adapter LAN:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
https://www.minitool.com/news/realtek-pcie-gbe-family-controller.html
** If your Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller is a 10/100M network device, it means its maximum speed is 100 MB/sec. FE means Fast Ethernet that is 10/100 MB/sec.
Thanks everyone for the help.
Now that I at least know the NIC is the limiting factor, I will have to determine my next step.
And one of that is definitely to decline Cox offer to upgrade my speed 🙂
Thanks.
So you never measured 100 Mbps on this PC?
Is your NIC really a "limiting factor"? What would you do on this PC requiring more than 100 Mbps?
You only started this post because your NIC read "100 Mbps" but not because you weren't getting enough bandwidth.
The OP never reached 100 Mbps on this laptop and certainly not the 300 Mbps he said he thought he’d seen. I think he probably posted because speed tests reported a slower download speed than what he thought he used to get. But he later posted that maybe he was using a different laptop back then. We know that he would absolutely have had to use a different laptop for 300 Mbps download. As I indicated in a different thread, there’s nothing you can do at 300 Mbps that you can’t do at 94 Mbps except download large files faster. A 100 Mbps NIC doesn’t limit what you can do (except for the large file thing), but… it does limit download speed to under 100 Mbps, so it is a “limiting factor”. It’s just not one that’s normally going to be noticeable when browsing, using email or streaming.
Large files wasn't the problem. Even if large files were the problem, a GE NIC on a 150 plan wouldn't help. Even if OP had gigabit speed all around...what are we talking about...10- 20-second faster downloads?
Older modem, older laptop, 150-plan and only noticed 100 Mbps NIC connection...OP doesn't download large files. OP has no real limitation.
