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How to check your Network Interface Card Speed

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How to check the network interface card and/or ethernet adapter speeds on your windows computer?


 

 

Checking the network card on Windows

  1. Press Windows + R and type “control panel”
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  2. Select “Network and Sharing Centre” from the options.
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  3. Select “Change adapter settings”
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  4. Right Click on “Ethernet or Local Area Connection” and Click on “Status”
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  5. The Status window will show you the Speed of the Network Interface Card of your PC.

For example –

  • PC with a 100Mbps Network Card will show up only 100Mbps next to speed.
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  • PC with 1000Mbps or 1Gbps Network Card will show 1.0Gbps next to speed
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If you have a 100mbps Ethernet Card/Network Interface Card on a Gigabite connection, upgrade the card to 1Gbps or test speeds with another PC which has a Gigabite Ethernet Card/Network Interface Card.