Link speed

[.Griff.]

Am I misunderstanding something here?

I've got a Linksys WRT320N Gigabit router connected via CAT6 to my PC. The Realtek network adapter is reporting it's speed set a 1Gbps full duplex yet in the networking section of WTM it shows the "link speed" as 100Mbps.

Is that correct? I assumed (maybe wrongly) that the link speed should show 1Gbps?!?

 

[.Griff.]

Problem solved. Sort of.

I swapped the Cat 6 cable for an old Cat5e cable I've had for years and sure enough the link speed now shows as 1Gbps. If swap back the "new" Cat 6 cable it goes back down to 100Mbps.

I guess this Cat6 cable I recently purchased isn't working as it should.

 

[.Griff.]

I've already tried rebooting the router with the Cat6 cable in but it makes no difference.

As for lights -

Cat6 cable = Blue light on router, solid green light on Realtek (Reports 100Mbps link speed in Windows)

Cat5e cable = Green light on router, solid dark orange light on Realtek (Reports 1Gbps link speed in Windows)

 

[.Griff.]

I updated the Realtek drivers from the MSI site this morning.

The solid light on the Realtek may actually be red (it's certainly darker than the orange flashing light) which I thought indicated a problem but here I am typing to you and watching BBC1 online (F1 qualifying) so maybe not?!?