network speed

[charlemagn]

hi,

i have a Athlon XP 1837.5 Mhz; my nvidia nforce mcp networking adapter is set to 10 Half Duplex. is it possible to make it better? I tried better and it disconnect me from the network. If anyone could help.

thx

 

[5mi11er]

Only if the switch/hub you are connected to is able and allows you to connect at a better speed/duplex option. Talk to your network admin.

 

[charlemagn]

i have a router and it is supposed to allow it. Do i have to make an update or something?

 

[JohnWill]

Have you tried setting it to Auto Negotiate?

 

[5mi11er]

Yes, set the adaptor to auto negotiate. I'd forgotten if the switch can't negotiate with the NIC, it will fall back to the worst option, 10/half. That means if the NIC attempts 100/full, the connection is essentially worthless.

If you can manage the switch, you could also force that port to always be 100/full too... But I'd try auto negotiate first.

-Scott

 

[charlemagn]

i tried the autonegociate and it didn't worked. then, i tried all the possibilities, and there is also the 10 full duplex working. what can make me unable to set it to 100 full duplex? does anyone know?

btw, thx helping guys.

 

[5mi11er]

Well, if the cable was bad, it shouldn't connect at 10/half either. What brand and model is the router? Are you able to configure/manage that router? If so, how is it configured? Both the NIC and the port(s) on the router should be set for Auto Negotiation.

Good Luck.

-Scott

 

[charlemagn]

Linksys - Instant Broadbans series
EtherFast Cable / DSL Router
Model BEFSR41

it has been updated about a month or 2 ago, and supposed to work at 100 full cause the 2 others cpus connected on it are working 100 full duplex mode. so i'm confuse with it. Thank you for still helping me!

 

[5mi11er]

Hmm, well, I just went out and did a search on google for <nvidia nforce mcp NIC "half duplex"> Seems you're not the only one with problems with NVIDIA's onboard NICs. Several people on other discussion boards suggest buying a separate brand name PCI NIC, and forget about trying to use the onboard NIC.

On this discussion board there is a suggestion about changing a setting to see if that helps, and discusses what may be happening to cause the transfer to slow way down.

I'd suggest doing your own google search for something along the lines of the search I've done, and read some of the discussions to see what your options are.

From the little I've read about it, I think I'd just buy a 3com PCI NIC and be done with it...

Hope this helps,

-Scott