What kind of cable are you running, if it's not CAT6 you are being limited by the ethernet cable. Even though let's say you are running CAT5e, most NICs and Routers still limit them to 100, when technically they can go 1000.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, SO I NARROWED IT DOWN TO EITHER THE CAT 6 CABLE CAUSE IM USING A CAT5 E OR MISMATCHED DUPLEX AND OR SPEED SETTINGS ON THE NIC. I WILL TRY THE CAT 6 BUT FUNNY YOU MENTION THE NIC CAUSE I TRIED TO GO IN AND MESS W/ IT. THE OPTION TO SWITCH TO 1GB WAS THERE BUT WHEN I DID SPEED TEST NO CHANGE ONLY WORST SO I TINKERED WITH THE AUTO DISABLE GIGABYTE CAUSE I WAS CURIOS TO PUT FROM THAT OPTION TO THERE WAS A RELINK BATTERY OPTION BUT TO NO AVAIL. SOME ONE ELSE SAYS ITS JUST THE CABLE, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND PUT THOSE SETTINGS BACK TO DISABLE GIG AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH USING THE CAT 6 FIRST THEN WE WILL SEE.
What kind of cable are you running, if it's not CAT6 you are being limited by the ethernet cable. Even though let's say you are running CAT5e, most NICs and Routers still limit them to 100, when technically they can go 1000.
THANKS FOR YOUR REPY AND TIME FOR THE HELP FIRST OFF, I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT AND I WILL BUY THE CAT6 BUT WOULDNT THE TEC WHO INSTALLED THE 1GBPS SERVICE KNOW THAT?