Why only 10MB?

[Geddy Lee]

Hi Group,

here is my problem. I have 2 possibilities to go online with my DSL.Not that
they are possibilities, they are automatic.
1)Lan with 100Mbps and 2) Wireless Lan through a D-Link Router.

Everytime I start my laptop, the laptop establishes an internet connection;
and I am assuming, through the router and the wireless lan card, as I am
only getting 10Mbps. But then a little window opens up and tells me that I
have an internet connection through a gateway of only 10Mbps. Why? I would
like the 100Mbps from the Lan connection. How do I change it so that I get
the 100Mbps? If I disconnect/disable the Wireless lan card, I still only get
the 10Mbps most of the time, so it can only have to do with the router.But
sometimes, when the card has been disabled; I get the 100.

Any and all help would be gratefully appreciated

GL

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Do you have an ethernet cable plugged in at the same time? Which one do you
want to use? Does your wired switch/hub support 100Mbps?

Here's where I'd start:

In the network connections window, choose "details" view. Rename each of the
network connections to something intuitive - "Wireless" and "Integrated
Ethernet". Then go to the properties of each network connection - choose
"show icon in notification area when connected".

I think this makes it easier to see what's what.

Re connection speed on your wired connection - go to the properties of the
adapter in there & change it from autoselect/autosense to hard-coded 100Mbps
if you want. Autoselect=icky.

Note that if you're not running a LAN (as in, you aren't connecting to other
computers/servers on your LAN for file/print sharing), it doesn't really
matter what connection speed you have to your router - you sure aren't
getting 10Mb (let alone 100Mbps) on your Internet connection speed, so the
bottleneck will be there regardless.