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    Manually setting connection speed to 1Gbit/s instead of 100Mb/s

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by jimmyrazor, Oct 11, 2018.

  1. jimmyrazor

    jimmyrazor Newbie

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    Ok so since i switched over from win10 i couldn't get 140Mbit/s internet connection as per contract and once i started messing arround i found this:

    sudo lshw -C Network
    [sudo] password for home:
    *-network
    description: Ethernet interface
    product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
    logical name: enp3s0
    version: 0c
    serial: e0:d5:5e:3d:70:57
    size: 100Mbit/s
    capacity: 1Gbit/s
    width: 64 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet
    physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
    configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=r8169
    driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13
    ip=192.168.100.17 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII
    Nox Showbox Mobdro

    speed=100Mbit/s
    resources: irq:31 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe800fff
    memory:d0000000-d0003fff
    and i tried to manually switch it to 1Gbit/s with

    sudo ethtool -s enp3s0 speed 1000 duplex full autoneg on
    and i just lose connection untill i run the command again with speed 100. I used the same cable and lan card on win10 and had the full 140Mbit/s connection, how come it is not working now.

    And also what is the difference between enp3s0 and eth0, almost every site i searched only mentions eth0 and very rarely enp3s0.

    Edit: this is the real lshw after the ethtool command ignore the one above
     
    Last edited: Oct 11, 2018
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  3. Dennismungai

    Dennismungai Notebook Deity

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    Could you try switching to the official realtek drivers? This blog entry documents the process. https://www.unixblogger.com/how-to-get-your-realtek-rtl8111rtl8168-working-updated-guide/
     
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