“I have 1G internet. I have this switch plugged in from the modem and the switch appears to receive 1000mbs. However the 4 ports coming out of the switch to my smart tv and laptop only show 100mbs coming out. Shouldn't I get 1000mbs out from each port?”
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It will only transfer at the speed of the device. If the NIC (Network Interface Card) in the device is only 10/100 then the switch will only transfer up to 100. Thus why the light is yellow. Most TV's (at least for now), surveillance cameras, etc. will only transfer at a maximum of 100 since that is all that is needed so the devices are built as such. If it is a newer laptop, then that should be transferring at 1000 if it is plugged into the actual ethernet port and not an external adapter via USB. Make sure your ethernet cables are good as well. All 8 pins are required for 1000Mbs speeds. Only 4 are required for 10/100. This is why POE cameras only run at 100Mbs speeds. 4 for the network connection and 2 for power. The other 2 are not being used.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Many smart tvs and laptop Ethernet ports are limited to 100 Mbps; they are likely your bottleneck. It is unlikely your smart tv will need more than this since streaming is always extremely low quality compared to Blu Ray. Even a 4K Blu ray stream would require less than 100 Mbps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.A couple of things that might be clamping you down to 100Mbit: - Bad cables/cabling. This is an easy one to test unless the cables are in the wall. Use cat5e or better for Gigabit support. - Device is only 100Mbit anyway: I don't know what your laptop of SmartTV specs are, but if they only have 100Mbit ports, they aren't going any faster.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Would need to know what smart TV you have in order to look up if it has a 1 GB port or a 100 MB port. Laptop should come with 1 GB port. What model switch do you have? Any other switches in use?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Each device determines its mps.
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