comfox Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Hey All, How do I determine what my NIC on my NAS machine is connected to my router at speed wise? It should be 1 GB but each computer seems to max out at 100MB even though the windows Machines say they are connected to my router at 1 GB. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Joe L. Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Hey All, How do I determine what my NIC on my NAS machine is connected to my router at speed wise? It should be 1 GB but each computer seems to max out at 100MB even though the windows Machines say they are connected to my router at 1 GB. Thanks! If it isunRAID you are referring to as your NAS, type ethtool eth0 Quote Link to comment
comfox Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thanks Joe. That did the trick. Oddly it says I am connected at 1GB which is odd since I can't seem to get past 100MB while copying to the machine. Quote Link to comment
jimmyhelu Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The only way I know is to look up the manufacturer's specification for the hardware and compare with the specification for the drivers supplied with the Operating System. Using manufacture-specific unix commands you can find out the current configuration (if there is one) of each Ethernet card but not the full capabilities. Quote Link to comment
sgibbers17 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks Joe. That did the trick. Oddly it says I am connected at 1GB which is odd since I can't seem to get past 100MB while copying to the machine. Are you confusing Gigabit (Gb) for Gigabyte (GB)? 1 Gigabit is equal to 128 Megabytes. Routers and switches measure transfers in bits and not bytes, I assume that you have a Gigabit NIC and Router/Switch. With a gigabit NIC I would expect to see about 100 MB/s. Quote Link to comment
chris_netsmart Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I just had a look at this and I am not sure how to read it, as when I do data tranfers I am only getting wound 10mb/s on a 1GB card. so can someone please inform me if my card is set to 1GB and if not then how to set it. as I have a 1GB network and it would be nice to send data the Max speed. Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP AUI BNC MII FIBRE ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Supported FEC modes: Not reported Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised FEC modes: Not reported Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) drv probe ifdown ifup Link detected: yes Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, chris_netsmart said: Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full This shows the supported speeds, including gigabit. 18 minutes ago, chris_netsmart said: Speed: 100Mb/s But this shows it's only linking at 100Mbits, try a different cable or switch/port. Quote Link to comment
chris_netsmart Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) the cable I am using is Cat6 and the switch is a Netgear GS108 and it is plug into the 6th port. looking it at it only has one light. so I have moved it to a different port and this also gives me one light, so it looks like a drive / nic settings issue. if this is the case then is there a easy way to set the nic to 1GB ? Edited December 1, 2020 by chris_netsmart Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 The NIC should auto-link at the max supported speed, if it's not the cable/port it could be a switch or NIC problem. Quote Link to comment
chris_netsmart Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 update: I just found the following command ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full autoneg off which course my unraid to pull over. but after a few reboots, I am happy to report that I now have the follow. Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Forcing it may not work as intended, be sure to check with iperf. Quote Link to comment
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