Trouble using 10/100 nic on a 10/100 hub

[James2k]

I got a 10/100 Linksys hub (used to be part of a kit) from a friend tonight. My 10/100 Nic worked fine on auto mode to use the cable modem hooked into my old hub. Now I have to force the NIC to use 10 Full Mode under Network in the control panel. Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong, or if I'm not doing anything wrong, what's wrong?

 

[CTR]

Full duplex? Hub? Am I missing something here?

Try setting your NIC to auto again, power down your PC, move the cable to a different port on your hub, power cycle the hub, turn on your PC. What happens?

 

[TonDef]

I'd say CTR hit the nail on the head here. You won't get a full duplex link out of a simple hub. A switch is required for that.

 

[BreakApart]

James i have a few questions...

Are you troubled because your NIC won't stay at 10MB? or because it won't stay on full-duplex?

If your NIC keeps auto-negotiating at 100MB--then don't worry this is normal. The hub is auto-setting 10 or 100MB for all devices connected to it automatically. When you access the cable modem it will negotiate 10MB automatically--no harm no foul...

If the full-duplex is bothering you then--you need a switch in-order to use full-duplex... Besides your cable connection is half-duplex anyway so that hub is fine...

Don't mind these sarcastic replys--it's all a part of networking...

 

[spidey07]

That is strange. I belive each port is capable or either 10 or 100 half duplex. The hub will never support full duplex. By setting your nic to full duplex you are actually degrading your performance.

The NIC "should" auto to 100 half. If it doesnt then try setting it to 100 half within the driver.

hope this help