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It will drop the xfer speed down to the lowest common component (i.e. It doesn't.Īpparently, the Dell NetLink card does some initial negotiation with your router (kinda' like a fax machine), then after seeing all your connections,

I though a good Cat5e line would support giga speeds. There were two items I initially did not believe, but were in fact true.ġ) You must use a CAT 6 line on ALL of your gigabit capable machines. I read a lot about the slow xfer speeds using the Broadcom NetLink LAN connection. Here's the Giga speed solution that worked for my new Dell Studio 1458. **SOLUTION** thanks in part to the previous post. I'm hoping that someone has a solution or suggestion to fix this. Side was also set to auto negotiate and not trying to force a specific I've had theĬomputer for 3 days (using windows 7 by the way).ħ) I tried all the ports on my router and confirmed that the router Testing the other PC it was able to achieve around 14Mbps).ĥ) I then tried 100Mb half duplex, this will also connect and myĦ) I confirmed that I have the current driver from Dell. I've got two other devices connected at this speed (an olderĢ) When I set the speed and duplex of the adapter to auto negotiate,ģ) I notice there is no setting for 1000Mbs in the speed and duplexĤ) I tried 100Mb full duplex, it will connect but my InternetĬonnection slows to less than 1Mbps (I'm on a 15Mbps connection, and The Ethernet adapter won't connect at 1Gbps here is what I've triedġ) Confirmed that my router is capable of supporting GigabitĮthernet. I'm very pleased with my Alienware Aurora ALX purchase, and happy toīe a part of this community.