Check that the cable is CAT5e or better and that the router port is GigE. If the cable is over 10 yrs old, it probably isn't CAT5e. There's little reason to get CAT6 cables, so even if the price difference is $0.50 between CAT6 and CAT5e, I'd get the CAT5e one, even for very long cable runs across a house.
Also, move the cable from 1 port to another on the router. Sometimes, router/switch ports fail.
Code:
$ inxi -n
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
BTW, IP addresses aren't private. The one used on your LAN is useless for anyone else. The public IP that your router has is only slightly interesting, but it is public too. The MAC would be a larger concern.
Testing between 2 physical systems here using iperf3, I see:
Code:
$ iperf3 -c hadar
Connecting to host hadar, port 5201
[ 4] local 172.22.22.20 port 59838 connected to 172.22.22.6 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 113 MBytes 950 Mbits/sec 0 262 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 113 MBytes 945 Mbits/sec 0 274 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 112 MBytes 940 Mbits/sec 0 274 KBytes
But testing using speedtest-cli ... I see only:
Code:
$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Hotwire Fision (Atlanta, GA - Ya'll) [42.77 km]: 15.677 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 25.34 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 5.94 Mbit/s
So, it is clear that my fast, GigE LAN doesn't help at all with internet speeds. I'd be just as happy with 100 base-tx connections if I only had 1 computer. Because I have multiple systems and they all communicate between each other, the LAN performance matters.
In short, worry about things that actually matter.
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