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This was it. So I had a good though if I have a Cat. 6a cable somewhere. I remembered that the router had to come with a cable that will support 10G. And I was right. In the package I found a Cat. 6a cable and quickly ran some tests (see screenshots). So yes, the Cat. 7 cable is fake/bad quality. The Ca. 6a cable pushed the possible transfer rate to 10 GBit/s (Theoretical_transfer_rate.png) even though I was fully aware that in a speed test I never will se a 10. I just wanted to see it at the transfer rate of the status of the ethernet 3. The actual transfer rate was somewhere between 2,8 and 4 GBit/s down. So I guess the topic can be closed. Thanks for all the comments and ideas. I knew I can bet on you girls and guys.

At least it recognized the 2 GBit/s after Windows told me (status of ethernet 3) that my transfer rate is now 2,5 GBit/s. I cannot tell what my transfer rates on bittorent are as I am not using any of those sites. Maybe someone has a recommendation for a speedtest website or program that can handle such speeds?

Will definitely try that if there are no other recommendations first. If I remember correctly the port wasn't automatically recognized by Windows. But maybe I just gave it to less time.

Hi together, I am a new joiner (and this because I believe in the high competency of linus´ forum and its users). So let me straight get to my problem: I struggle achieving 10 GBit/s internet speed even though all conditions are given to do so. But from the beginning. I live in Zurich, Switzerland where a new internet provider offers 10 GBit/s. I booked the package and upgraded my entire rig (amongst other) in order to process the internet speed. I bought an ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Professional Gaming i7 motherboard, which is one of the only motherboards that include a pre-build in 10 GBit/s Ethernet port (Aquantia AQC107). It also has two LAN RJ-45 ports (Intel® I211AT and Intel® I219V). My interface supports 10 GBit/s at all ends (10 GBit/s port, Cat. 7 LAN cable, router with dedicated 10 GBit/s port, no switches in between, 10 GBit/s internet provider). When I first started the PC, after installing Windows 10 Pro and installing all necessary driver for the Aquantia AQC107, I had the weird issue that every time I connected a LAN cable (regardless of the port) I simply got a LAN symbol (so in the bottom right corner it appeared the LAN symbol) but was still in the Wifi in which I was before. You could easily tell by a) the name of the SSID and b) that if you disabled the wifi drivers or detached the wifi antenna the internet connection went to zero. Despite driver updates for Aquantia, BIOS updates and attempting a static IPv4 nothing changed. After two days of doing nothing, the LAN (without my influence) is now properly recognized on all three ports. So that problem seems to be gone. Also, the SSID is apparently just the same as the SSID of the 5Ghz Wifi. Now, however, I come to the actual problem: the Internet connection has a bottle-neck somewhere, which is why I "only" get 1 GBit/s (see screenshot 1). Yesterday I managed to receive 2 GBit/s for a short time (see screenshot 2). At that time, my transfer rate had jumped to 2,5 GBit/s (for whatever reason). I've already tried to set the link speed in Advanced Properties of the Aquantia AQC107 from "Auto Negotiation" to "5G" (the highest I can set in Windows 10 Pro). Nothing changed. On the homepage of the manufacturer of the Aquantia AQC107 I read that Cat. 6a LAN cables can be used. Does it make a difference if I use a Cat. 6a or 7? I thought that apart from shielding and frequency there are no differences, especially not in regards to compatibility issues - but maybe I am wrong? I do not quite understand how it sporadically jumped to 2,5 GBit/s yesterday and giving me a hard time today. At worst, I'll try to install Windows again, as I'm still not sure if the drivers are all right. But maybe someone has any experience or ideas with my problem. Thank you! P.S. I know it is an absolute luxury problem. Currently, it's more about the achieving than really having a purpose for 10 GBit/s.