On 4/28/21 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc
> Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc:
>       Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
>       Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                               1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
>       Supported pause frame use: No
>       Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>       Supported FEC modes: Not reported
>       Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/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/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

John,

to clarify this data: you are getting 90 Mbps because your interface is
locked to 100 Mbps.  you can bash your head against the wall all day,
you're not going to get any more speed.

Your chipset supports:
Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                        1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full

But you are only getting advertised as
Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                         100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full

Note that '1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full' is missing.

Thus, either your router port no longer can handle 1000Mbps (not likely
since the desktop is working), have a bad router port, or you have a bad
cable. Or a CAT5 cable. It is not uncommon for the connectors to bad -
either pins or the clip.

        Max speed       Max bandwidth
Cat 5e  100 Mbps        100 MHz
Cat 5e  1,000 Mbps      100 MHz
Cat 6   1,000 Mbps      250 MHz
Cat 6a  10,000 Mbps     500 MHz
Cat 7   10,000 Mbps     600 MHz

The "cat number" is usually written on the cable unless you picked up a
weird aftermarket patch cord.

For grins ad giggles you can try this to see it the speed suddenly
jumps. ifconfig may display a bunch of TX errors, but at least it will
isolate the issue a bit more. Ignore the VPN for now - it is irrelevant
for hardware troubleshooting.

# ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full

'ethtool eth0' should now report 1000 Mb/s and you can try a speed test.

-Ed

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