gigabit issues with Intel® I218V NIC

[ANNIHILATOR284]

so i got a new dual-band gigabit router from netgear(wndr3700) and hooked it up to my pc with a Maximus Vll Hero which support gigabit ethernet. i have all my drivers installed correctly yet in device manager it shows my connection as 100mbps FullDuplex and when i try changing it to 1gigabit FullDuplex it says that no cable has been connected. i am using cat6 cables. i'm getting ready to setup a storage server like linus's but at 1gigabit speeds. 

[dzonidev]

so i got a new dual-band gigabit router from netgear(wndr3700) and hooked it up to my pc with a Maximus Vll Hero which support gigabit ethernet. i have all my drivers installed correctly yet in device manager it shows my connection as 100mbps FullDuplex and when i try changing it to 1gigabit FullDuplex it says that no cable has been connected. i am using cat6 cables. i'm getting ready to setup a storage server like linus's but at 1gigabit speeds. 

 

Did you try Auto Negotiation? Sometimes if both ports are not set to the same value you can't establish a connection. This could also have something to do with the cable, badly terminated of even disruptions somewhere. I had that happen to me a million times. Try swapping the cable for another one and see if it works.

[TAtari]

Issues like that is usually caused by the cable, how long is the cable between the two devices and have you tried switching cables?

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Did you try Auto Negotiation? Sometimes if both ports are not set to the same value you can't establish a connection. This could also have something to do with the cable, badly terminated of even disruptions somewhere. I had that happen to me a million times. Try swapping the cable for another one and see if it works.

i have tried using different cables. and the cable i use is about 30inches long

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Did you try Auto Negotiation? Sometimes if both ports are not set to the same value you can't establish a connection. This could also have something to do with the cable, badly terminated of even disruptions somewhere. I had that happen to me a million times. Try swapping the cable for another one and see if it works.

when set on auto negotiations it still is stuck on 100mbps

[techguru]

your using an older driver

try updating

 

what version of the router is it...should say on the label

[techguru]

also..how exactly are you connected?

is it from the pc to the router directly

or is it into the wall..then to the router?

[ANNIHILATOR284]

also..how exactly are you connected?

is it from the pc to the router directly

or is it into the wall..then to the router?

pc to router directly

[techguru]

pc to router directly

and version?

[ANNIHILATOR284]

and version?

router version v4. and i downloaded the latest driver last night before making this post.

[Neil]

Are you sure you're plugging into the right port on the router? Iirc only a couple of the ports on that router are gigabit.

Also, get rid of netgears Shitty software and flash ddwrt.

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Are you sure you're plugging into the right port on the router? Iirc only a couple of the ports on that router are gigabit.

Also, get rid of netgears Shitty software and flash ddwrt.

all ports on the router are gigabit so that's not a problem. plus i'd like to stick to netgear's rom for now

[Neil]

all ports on the router are gigabit so that's not a problem. plus i'd like to stick to netgear's rom for now

 

Netgear's firmware is the shittiest piece of crap I've ever had the displeasure of using. You would be doing yourself a favor by not using it.

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Netgear's firmware is the shittiest piece of crap I've ever had the displeasure of using. You would be doing yourself a favor by not using it.

can we get back to the original issue please?

[Neil]

Just pulled my wndr3700 out of cold storage.

 

It's running DDWRT, but with auto-negotiate on, it was able to saturate the full gigabit to three test machines, as well as put good throughput on a gigabit switch to the machines.

 

Either it's something with your NIC, or you just need to use auto-negotiate. According to the documentation for the router, the ports are auto-negotiate.. so you don't need to specify a link speed, it will communicate and figure it out.