10G NIC not outputting 10G link speed

[rabidkitty]

Hello all. I recently bought this ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFPWSMV2?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 )10g NIC and am having trouble getting it to output 10g link speed.

 

I have it slotted into the 2nd PCIe slot(PCIEX4) on my MOBO .

PCIEX16 Bifurcation is set to AUTO

Mobo bios version is F37a

 

Installed network driver is the Marvell AQtion 10Gbit Network Adapter

Speed & Duplex

 

If I set it to 10g Full I get this

 

If I set it to 5g or 2.5g it works fine.

 

When set to Auto Negotiation I get

 

I've never used a separate network card so I really have no experience above onboard 1g NICs. Is there something I'm missing?

[Radium_Angel]

is your router capable of receiving 10g speeds?

[Needfuldoer]

Which card do you have, the SFP fiber card or the 10GBASE-T copper card?

 

If it's copper, are you using any in-wall Cat5 runs or something?

 

If it's fiber, what SFPs or DAC are you using? (And if it's fiber, what grade fiber?)

[rabidkitty]

7 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

is your router capable of receiving 10g speeds?

Would that affect what I see on my PC as shown in the images? It's the ATT BGW320 so 5G.

4 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Which card do you have, the SFP fiber card or the 10GBASE-T copper card?

 

If it's copper, are you using any in-wall Cat5 runs or something?

 

If it's fiber, what SFPs or DAC are you using? (And if it's fiber, what grade fiber?)

It's the 10GBASE-T ethernet card. Everything is Cat6, Fiber from the wall into modem(BGW320)

[Needfuldoer]

1 minute ago, rabidkitty said:

It's the 10GBASE-T ethernet card. Everything is Cat6, Fiber from the wall into modem(BGW320)

Your router only supports 5 gigabit links.

 

Quote

Why does my BGW320 have different color ports?

• Yellow Ethernet ports support data transmission speeds of up to 1000Mbps. They’re also compatible with 10/100Mbps connections.
• Blue Ethernet ports support data transmission speeds of up to 5Gbps. They’re also compatible with 10/100/1000 Mbps and 2.5Gbps connections.
• Red ONT Ethernet ports connect the BGW320 to the internet and AT&T Fiber^SM. It isn’t used for connecting your devices. If a cable is connected from the service box to this port, don’t disconnect it.

https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1395833/

[rabidkitty]

2 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Your router only supports 5 gigabit links.

 

https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1395833/

I've never had a NIC that was more capable than my speed and/or Modem so I always thought it was just the Device Status showing what the NIC was capable of lol. I feel a little silly now. Thanks for the quick info!