XBox360 and a PC

towill50

I could really do with some help.

I have Blueyonder as my supplier and an XP PC with service pack 2, I have just got from amazon a Netgear Ethernet Hub EN104 and plugged everything in but my PC is only connecting at 10mbps not 100mbps as before and the XBox wont connect, Have I got the wrong hub or are my cables wrong which I dont think they are, please help before I pull my hair out

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Coveredinbees!!!!

Product Details: NETGEAR EN104 Ethernet Hub
Product Details Hub Type RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate 10 Mbps
System Type PC, Mac, Unix
Wireless No

Thats why it's connection at 10mbps. Try swapping the cables over and see if the xbox will connect.

towill50

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote:

Product Details: NETGEAR EN104 Ethernet Hub
Product Details Hub Type RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate 10 Mbps
System Type PC, Mac, Unix
Wireless No

Can you elaborate on that please as I have no idea what that means, unless you mean it will only connect at 10mbps and the XBox wont connect at that speed

Coveredinbees!!!!

The port on the hub will only go at 10mbps so the port on you PC will slow down to suit. As for the xbox I would think it would switch down to 10mbps too. try swapping the cable you are using on the xbox over to the pc then you will know your cables are ok.

towill50

I think it maybe a cable, maybe im using a crossover instead of a straight cable, but 10mbps is slower than I wanted and may have an adverse affect with my gaming (lagging)

towill50

Just had a look and from the XBox to the Hub/Modem (depends how I connect) is a 5e patch cable.

sniperpenguin

CAT5e = Advanced Category 5 cabling.

It will do 100Mb (however, if its knackered / broken inside, you'll be gett a lot of "packet loss" which means a lot of what you are sending simply isnt making it to the other end of the cable

However your netgear will only do 10Mb. When you make a network connection, there are three speeds (To any pedants out there - Im simplyfying this for this example )

1. 10Mb (Ethernet)
2. 100Mb (Fast Ethernet, but now commonly known as just "Ethernet")
3. 1Gb (Gigabit Ethernet)

The connection will automatically ruduce its speed to the weakest link (In your case, the netgear) so even though the cable, PC, and XBox360 will ALL do 100Mb. The Netgear will only do 10Mb, so the others slow down to that speed to make it work.

BTW - Unless you have a super-bonkers 10Mb upload speed on your broadband (i.e leased line) then this is NOT the source of your lagging. It is more than likely your provider.

j_davies

I found that by using the netgear hub and the XBox and PC the signal wasnt being shared properly but was quite poor on the PC until I switched to a D-Link router DL-524 and I have had a fab connection on both PC and XBox.

And make sure you have a Ethernet Patch cable and not a crossover cable.

PierceUK

I found when plugging my router into my modem i had to change its IP to get it to work as blueyonder defaults to 192.168.1.1 so when the router does the same it all goes belly up....

towill50

j_davies wrote:

I found that by using the netgear hub and the XBox and PC the signal wasnt being shared properly but was quite poor on the PC until I switched to a D-Link router DL-524 and I have had a fab connection on both PC and XBox.

And make sure you have a Ethernet Patch cable and not a crossover cable.

I just bought a router the one that you said about and it works a treat what a coincidence

cheers :beer: