WAN Port stuck at 100 Mbps ISP provides 1 Gbps
WAN Port stuck at 100 Mbps ISP provides 1 Gbps
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Assume you did the obvious, change the cable...I had a similar situation with the FW Gold, and put a small switch in between my WAN router and Firewalla. Static config the WAN side to Gig and I was good. Later on, I managed to eliminate my WAN router and go direct, by vlan tagging. Obviously depends on your equipment setup for all scenarios
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Why would you assume that it was the cable? Cat 5e cable has been in use since 2001 and supports speeds up to 1GBps. Cat 6 cable has been in use since 2002 and supports speeds up to 10 GBps. Assuming that I know how to read the print on the cable and assuming that I know the difference, it was not cable. Also, would it make sense to get 1 Gbps speed and then have the speed drop to 100 Mbps using the same cable? Did the cable somehow change cat type magically to cause a drop in speed? This is a design flaw from Firewalla that changes the port speed. How else would you explain the cause?
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I have seen and demonstrated to many people how a cable can go bad, layer 1 (physical layer) everyone always takes the position you so nicely articulated. Yes can be a design flaw...auto netegotiate link speed, vs. static. Old school networking 101, it was always static your link speed as a general rule of thumb...but as equipment changed over the years, auto/auto became standard. If you can eliminate your upstream router, do it...if you are a fibe customer ie) Bell, they tag on VLAN 35, then use PPPoE auth if not DHCP from the ISP. I found many times the crappy ISP routers are the culprit. If you cant do that, and have a small switch (managed) where you can change negotiaiton settings, try going auto on your Firewalla facing, and static on the ISP.
From what I recall back when i had this with Firewalla, there was no way to static that side (call that a design flaw yes) -
Hi Chuck, how is your network configured? Have you tried following the steps here? https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/13136269666835-Firewalla-Network-Events#h_01J8HR2M9R1SF5TBBK7SYD49H0
Let me know if any of the steps in the article help. Feel free to also reach out to our support team at help@firewalla.com, and we can take a closer look at any logs. Thanks!
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