Marvell gigabit is not gigabit

Hello All,


I am running an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard with the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter with the 6.32.0.0 driver version.

I run DSL with the 1.5 Mbps speed through Verizon.


My situation is this:
Most of the time I connect at 10.0 Mbps and sometimes I connect at 100.0 Mbps. I get these readings from the systray by hovering my mouse over the 2 computers.

My questions are:
How can I connect at 100.0Mbps all the time?
Are there settings that I can change to facilitate this?
Is there a more accurate way to determine speed?


Thank you

 

You never will unless the interface at the other end is also gigabit. You will only ever get full gigabit speeds on your LAN if all devices and OS's support it.

 

When you refer to the device at the other end are you referring to my isp?

Please go slow. I am brand new at networking.

 

I am going to the Asus website and download the drivers. I will install them and if that is not the fix then I will get a new cable.

Is there a standard on the maximum length of cable so performance is not affected?

 

I went to the Asus website and I did not find any newer drivers for the Marvell. I am using version 6.32 and they have the 6.28.

 

It sounds like you are using a hub instead of a router.

If you use a router and one device is slower than the others it will not force everything to run at the slower speed.

What all do you have attached in the network?

Cheers

 

I am not using a hub or a router. The Marvell Yukon port is on my Asus motherboard.

I am using the 6.32 version of drivers and Triple6 said that there were newer drivers on the Asus website. I went there and all that they had were the 6.28 drivers.

Thanks

 

The other Lan connection on the motherboard is Nvidia and is not a gigabit connection.