gigabit switch and my download issues

[brandonb21]

i bought a gigbit switch (TP-LINK TL-SG1005D) and i have 300 down 100 up fiber internet. and when i hocked up my switch plugged it into my router it showed on windows 10 network status i had a 1gb connection  

 

 

 

now if i do a speed test i get this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now if i do a speed test on wireless i get this 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so my question is my switch faulty or do switches not support faster speeds then 100mbps? download/upload?

 

 

 

 

[gamerking]

2 minutes ago, brandonb21 said:

i bought a gigbit switch (TP-LINK TL-SG1005D) and i have 300 down 100 up fiber internet. and when i hocked up my switch plugged it into my router it showed on windows 10 network status i had a 1gb connection  

 

 

 

 

now if i do a speed test i get this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now if i do a speed test on wireless i get this 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so my question is my switch faulty or do switches not support faster speeds then 100mbps? download/upload?

 

 

what cat cables are use useing cat 5e/6/7 ? that switch you put in your post is  1000MBps so 1gbps with 5gbps max for internal speed . the  wireless i guess from your isp gives you better speeds  then its your cables either to your pc or from your switch to your modem/wireless router for 1gbps you want cat 5e min cat 6 recommended . on your router info page screenshot it only lists 100MBps full duplex . that would explain why you only get 100mbps .  how do you get your internet isp -> modem->  wireless router-> switch-> pc  ?

[brandonb21]

2 minutes ago, gamerking said:

what cat cables are use useing cat 5e/6/7 ? that switch you put in your post is  1000MBps so 1gbps with 5gbps max for internal speed . the  wireless i guess from your isp gives you better speeds  then its your cables either to your pc or from your switch to your modem/wireless router for 1gbps you want cat 5e min cat 6 recommended . on your router info page screenshot it only lists 100MBps full duplex . that would explain why you only get 100mbps .  how do you get your internet isp -> modem->  wireless router-> switch-> pc  ?

im using cat 5E i tested them all plugged in directly to router and got 350 down. yes i noticed that too its showing 100mb duplex in the router screen i ran 2 cables from router to pc and got 350 so ya the wires are fine the way i get internet is

 

iSP from outside ----> Router ----> switch ----> pc 

 

the router has a modem built inside its all one unit i had a technistion here the other day and he tested it with a cat 6 and he only got 100mb down. he told me the switch could be faulty.

[gamerking]

1 minute ago, brandonb21 said:

im using cat 5E i tested them all plugged in directly to router and got 350 down. yes i noticed that too its showing 100mb duplex in the router screen i ran 2 cables from router to pc and got 350 so ya the wires are fine the way i get internet is

 

iSP from outside ----> Router ----> switch ----> pc 

 

the router has a modem built inside its all one unit i had a technistion here the other day and he tested it with a cat 6 and he only got 100mb down. he told me the switch could be faulty.

if the router has 4 ports use that to connect your pc . if it doesnt then just attach your pc only and  if you get the good speed then its the switch is bad

[brandonb21]

Just now, gamerking said:

if the router has 4 ports use that to connect your pc . if it doesnt then just attach your pc only and  if you get the good speed then its the switch is bad

this is a cat 5e wire i made and i went from 

 

Router -----> switch ----> pc

 

so i unplugged the wire and ran it 

 

Router ------> pc

 

and i got this result 

 

 

i been running directly into router for few days now but i wanted to use the switch for my game consoles... so after finding this out im guessing the switch is bad,.

[gamerking]

you might have to screw with the setting on it if it has a UI web to make it work . if not buy a netgear smart or their dumb switches no UI just plug and go

4 hours ago, brandonb21 said:

this is a cat 5e wire i made and i went from 

 

Router -----> switch ----> pc

 

so i unplugged the wire and ran it 

 

Router ------> pc

 

and i got this result 

 

 

i been running directly into router for few days now but i wanted to use the switch for my game consoles... so after finding this out im guessing the switch is bad,.

 

[GR8-Ride]

The link between your Bell Aliant router and the switch is probably negotiated to 100 Mbps, vs 1,000 Mbps.   This is why you're getting 300+ Mbps on WiFi (direct to the Aliant router), and only 95 Mbps via the TP-Link switch.

 

What is the model number of your gateway from Aliant?    Based on your testing above, I'm guessing that the auto-negotiation between the Aliant router and your TP-Link switch isn't working well, so the best link it can negotiate is 100 Mbps vs 1 Gbps, or that it's getting a half-duplex link at 1.0 Gbps (more likely it's FD at 100 Mbps).

 

There is no configuration GUI for the TP-Link switch (it's basically a single config box...can't do much with it), so I'm guessing that it's just not auto-negotiating with the Aliant modem/router very well.   You can try a couple of things...a different port on both the switch and the router, and/or try a different cable between the switch and router.

 

There is an easy way to determine if it's a bad port, or simply an incompatibility between the boxes.   First, plug your PC into a switch port directly on the router.   Check on your laptop / PC to ensure that you're getting 1.0 Gbps (as you've shown above).   Aliant router port #1 (or 2, or 3, or 4) --> PC ethernet port

 

Then, with that same cable. move the cable from your Aliant router to any port on the TP-Link switch (still connected to your PC/laptop on the other end).  Check to see if it's establishing a link at 1.0 Gbps as well (on your PC).  TP-Link switch port #1 (or 2, or 3, or 4) --> PC ethernet port.

 

If both of those tests show a 1.0 Gbps connection to your PC, then each port is theoretically fine.  Move the same cable to between your Aliant router and TP-Link switch.  Aliant router port #1 --> TP-Link switch port #1.

 

Plug your laptop into a different port, and see what happens.

 

Auto-negotiation isn't a perfect standard within 802.1 space...

 

 

 

Patrick

[brandonb21]

ok. il try to keep it as straight forward as i can i tried the cable that i had running from the switch to the pc because as my research above i know the cable going to the switch from the router is fine. and plugged it in to ethernet 1 2 3 and 4 on router and got 300 down both times at 1gbps. then i tried that same cable plugged into the switch to the pc on 1 2 3 4 and 5 i got 1gbps on windows but 95mbps on speedtest. i contacted bell aliant and they sent a free IT guy to my house and he looked and tried the switch he ran cat 6 and 7 to and from the switch same result. he contacted tp link and they told him its probably a faulty switch. so i contacted amazon and they sent me a dlink one for free to try as i had proof from bell that it was bad or possibly bad 

 

this is the one amazon is sending me https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003X7TRWO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1