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Upgrading port speed in Windows

The default port speed for customer servers (for both public and private networks) is 10 Mbps. If you would like to upgrade either of your port speeds to 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps, open a ticket with the request. Sales asks you to approve the minimal charge and a technician changes the port speeds on your network.

After the upgrade is completed on the network side, hardcode the appropriate network interfaces on your server.

Follow these steps to force the port speed on a Windows server. Note: Always connect to your server on the network that you are NOT working on to avoid locking yourself out of the server.

  1. Select Start > Select Control Panel > Select Network Connections.
  2. Click the network connection that you are trying to upgrade/downgrade.
  • For Public Port upgrades select Local Area Connection 2 OR FrontEnd.
  • For Private Port upgrades select Local Area Connection OR BackEnd.
  1. From the Connection Status window, verify that the network card you selected is the port that you want to upgrade.
  2. Select the support tab (note the IP Address):
  • For a Public Port upgrade the IP should be a public IP address.
  • For a Private Port upgrade the IP should be a 10.x.x.x address.
  1. If the IP addresses do not match up, repeat steps 1-3 for the other Network Connection.

LAN Status

Select the General Tab again, and then select Properties. A new window appears.

From the General tab of the Connection Properties window, select Configure. The driver properties window appears.

  1. Select the Advanced tab.
  2. Select Link Speed&Duplex from the property list.
  3. Select the Value tab to the right and set the port speed you are upgrading to with full duplex:
  4. For 10 MBS Select: 10Mbps/Full
  5. For 100 MBS Select: 100Mbps/Full
  6. For 1000 MBS Select: Auto
  7. Click OK.

This causes the server to immediately start using the new speed, so you might be briefly disconnected while the link renegotiates.