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The speed of network connection
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| How can I find out the speed of network connection on workstation? 10 or 100? Thanks. | |
| chunder 2001-10-08, 10:28 pm |
| depends on your OS, your NIC, your switch it's connected to/IF it's connected to a switch and any software for the NIC.
if your WS OS is 2000, then right click your "My Network Places" icon on your desktop and then dbl. click your "Local Area Connection" icon.
if you have a 3com or Intel NIC, there's possibly some software on your machine that will give you stats about the NIC and its connection. look in your system tray or your control panel. also, look at the LEDs on the back of the NIC, it may say there. you NIC may be 10Mbs only or 10/100Mbs.
if you are connected to a HUB, you may very well be 10Mbs. but not necessarily. if it's connected to a SWITCH, it may very well be 100Mbs. but not necessarily. walk over to the HUB/SWITCH and see what lights you see blinking/green/orange. if you're on a switch, you should be able to telnet to it and see the stats on your port that your workstation is plugged into. | |
| pcwizzard 2001-10-09, 9:09 pm |
| If you are using a switch wouldnt you have to enable full-duplex communication before your 10/100 nic would run at 100 Mbps. Also wouldnt you have to configure it to run fast ethernet on its ports, as a regular ethernet connection only runs at 10 Mbps. | |
| chunder 2001-10-09, 10:56 pm |
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Originally posted by pcwizzard
If you are using a switch wouldnt you have to enable full-duplex communication before your 10/100 nic would run at 100 Mbps. Also wouldnt you have to configure it to run fast ethernet on its ports, as a regular ethernet connection only runs at 10 Mbps.
Cisco switches are set to Auto Negotiate. that way, if your NIC is 10, the swith runs at 10 on that port. if your NIC is 100, then it runs @ 100. also, most NICs nowadays are also Auto so they will do the same. | |
| Retired-Mod 2001-10-10, 3:47 am |
| Auto-negotiate does not work well even between Cisco devices. It is strongly recommended to always force your port settings (at both ends) to speed and duplex you want them to run or you're asking for problems.
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