Ethernet Questions

[Hassan170]

I would like to ask a question regarding ethernet specifically in laptops. 

 

Is the ethernet in laptops tied to the wifi card? (if i upgrade the wifi card does that upgrade the ethernet?)

 

[kelvinhall05]

No, they are independent. You cannot "upgrade" the ethernet in a laptop.

[CWALD]

The only way to improve your laptop Ethernet is to use an Ethernet to USB 3.x dongle that supports higher speeds.

[Hassan170]

4 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

No, they are independent. You cannot "upgrade" the ethernet in a laptop.

[Hassan170]

2 minutes ago, CWALD said:

The only way to improve your laptop Ethernet is to use an Ethernet to USB 3.x dongle that supports higher speeds.

Soo a dongle that has ethernet?

[WereCatf]

Just now, Hassan170 said:

Soo a dongle that has ethernet?

Yes. They cost like $7 or less, like e.g. here's a link to one of eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB3-0-to-10-100-1000-Mbps-Gigabit-RJ45-Ethernet-LAN-Network-Adapter-G0C3/114294364817

[CWALD]

2 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

Soo a dongle that has ethernet?

yes but be ready to pay for high speed ones 

 

Here is a slower 700Mb/s one https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Ethernet-Gigabit-10-100-1000-Compatible/dp/B00AQM8586

[pythonmegapixel]

what's the problem with your current ethernet?

[Hassan170]

3 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

what's the problem with your current ethernet?

Dell XPS 15 L502x nearly 9 yrs old thats why im looking to improve ethernet

[Biomecanoid]

10 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

Soo a dongle that has ethernet?

You probably won't get a better USB Ethernet than the one already on the motherboard. Unless its broken

[Hassan170]

3 minutes ago, Biomecanoid said:

You probably won't get a better USB Ethernet than the one already on the motherboard. Unless its broken

what if the one on the motherboard is 9 yrs old?

[Biomecanoid]

2 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

what if the one on the motherboard is 9 yrs old?

The one on the motherboard is right on the bus, while a usb one has to go 1st thru the usb controller which is slower

[Hassan170]

Quick question if i do a speed test with ethernet connected (ookla speedtest) it will measure from ethernet right?

[Mihle]

2 hours ago, Hassan170 said:

Quick question if i do a speed test with ethernet connected (ookla speedtest) it will measure from ethernet right?

Unless you got very fast speed tour internet connection will most likely be bottleneck before the ethernet.

[Hassan170]

7 hours ago, Mihle said:

Unless you got very fast speed tour internet connection will most likely be bottleneck before the ethernet.

wha?

[Doqtori]

4 hours ago, Hassan170 said:

wha?

In english, you don't need an ethernet dongle.

[Master Disaster]

14 hours ago, Hassan170 said:

Quick question if i do a speed test with ethernet connected (ookla speedtest) it will measure from ethernet right?

No, it will test the connection between your modem/router to Ooklas servers. Your internal network speed makes zero difference to this.

 

If its a 9 year old laptop then it will be a 100base NIC which will give you somewhere around 10MBps.

[Shadowzer1]

maybe a dongle that has ethernet  not sure

[Hassan170]

19 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

No, it will test the connection between your modem/router to Ooklas servers. Your internal network speed makes zero difference to this.

 

If its a 9 year old laptop then it will be a 100base NIC which will give you somewhere around 10MBps.

 

19 hours ago, Doqtori said:

In english, you don't need an ethernet dongle.

sooo ethernet dongle yes or no?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

On 8/27/2020 at 11:05 AM, Biomecanoid said:

You probably won't get a better USB Ethernet than the one already on the motherboard. Unless its broken

You will see a boost if you have a USB 3.0 port for that USB Ethernet adapter and the onboard ethernet is 100 mbps fast ethernet rather than Gigabit ethernet. Which was common up until the Sandy/Ivy Bridge days. 

6 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

sooo ethernet dongle yes or no?

What can you be doing with a machine that old that requires faster internet? 

[WereCatf]

19 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

No, it will test the connection between your modem/router to Ooklas servers. Your internal network speed makes zero difference to this.

What?! This is 100% wrong! Of course your LAN-bandwidth matters, like e.g. if your Internet-connection was gigabit, but your LAN was running only at 100Mbps, the maximum Speedtest could give you is 100Mbps!

[WereCatf]

12 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

sooo ethernet dongle yes or no?

What laptop do you have? Does it only have a 10/100 Ethernet or does it have a gigabit Ethernet? If it has gigabit Ethernet, then a dongle would be useless. If it does have a 10/100 Ethernet, then yes, a dongle would be an improvement. Do note, however, that that does not necessarily make your Internet-connection faster: that depends on the rest of your network and the contract you have with your ISP.

[Hassan170]

7 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

What laptop do you have? Does it only have a 10/100 Ethernet or does it have a gigabit Ethernet? If it has gigabit Ethernet, then a dongle would be useless. If it does have a 10/100 Ethernet, then yes, a dongle would be an improvement. Do note, however, that that does not necessarily make your Internet-connection faster: that depends on the rest of your network and the contract you have with your ISP.

Dell XPS 15 L502x 

[WereCatf]

30 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

Dell XPS 15 L502x 

That laptop already has gigabit Ethernet, you're not going to get any benefit from a USB-dongle.

[Hassan170]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

That laptop already has gigabit Ethernet, you're not going to get any benefit from a USB-dongle.

wait it does!? well then why is my internet so slow?