Question One laptops ethernet slower than another.

[Kezzer91]

I have 2 laptops, one via ethernet gets 870 Mbp/s download via speedtest while the other fluctuates between 150/450 Mbp/s. To make sure it wasnt a placebo effect I brought the malfunctioning laptop to the exact same ethernet cable and did a speedtest, as expected the working laptop got 870 download while the malfunctioning one got 260. I've tried all command prompt solutions and went to network and sharing centre to reinstall drivers. I don't know what to do.

 

[rgd1101]

exact same laptop model?

 

[Kezzer91]

No the newer perfectly working on is a HP Zbook G5, another is an Asus G74sx. I Don't know if its beacause the Asus has an older ethernet card but it definetely supports gigabit speeds.

 

[AlHuneke]

I curious as to why you would need that download speed for a single device. I suspect the issue is the relative speed of the two machines.