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Hardware - Support => Network => Topic started by: The King on October 14, 2020, 10:55:20 PM

Title: 100 Mbps speed
Post by: The King on October 14, 2020, 10:55:20 PM

I have an acer extensa 5620 and i can only get 100mbps speed. On my lenovo thinkpad i had 340mbps with linux lite is there an update i could get for gigabit ethernet speed thanks.

Title: Re: 100 Mbps speed
Post by: WytWun on October 16, 2020, 07:23:16 AM

Quote from: The King on October 14, 2020, 10:55:20 PM

I have an acer extensa 5620 and i can only get 100mbps speed. On my lenovo thinkpad i had 340mbps with linux lite is there an update i could get for gigabit ethernet speed thanks.

From a quick search it looks like your 5620 has a gigabit capable network chipset but only a 100Mbit capable transceiver (actual network hardware interface) so there is no software solution.  The Wifi chipset is only good for 54Mbit/s (max theoretical).

To get better performance you could try using a gigabit USB network interface into one of the USB 2 ports - you won't get full gigabit speeds but probably somewhere about what you were getting with your Lenovo.  A TP-Link UE-300 has worked well for me in both USB 3 and USB 2 ports with Lite 4.x and 5.x.