After upgrading their Internet connection to gigabit internet, a user is reporting speeds no higher than 100 Mbps. The user was told by a technician at their ISP that the issue is on the user's home network. The user stated they only need speeds higher than 100 Mbps on a single desktop computer. Which of the following would most likely solve this problem?
Check and Upgrade the router, NIC and Ethernet cabling to support the higher speeds
Upgrade their wireless router to use 802.11g
Configure their wireless router to use the 5 GHz frequency band
Upgrade the desktop's NIC driver to support 1Gbps
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Answer Description
Although the user's internet access is capable of up to 1 Gbps (Gigabit per second), their home network still only supports Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps). 802.11g is only capable of 54 Mbps and switching to the 5 GHz doesn't provide enough information to determine the network speed. The only realistic scenario is to check the router, NIC and ethernet cabling to ensure all are capable of supporting Gigabit Ethernet speeds (or higher).
Wikipedia
In computer networking, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE) is the term applied to transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second. The most popular variant, 1000BASE-T, is defined by the IEEE 802.3ab standard. It came into use in 1999, and has replaced Fast Ethernet in wired local networks due to its considerable speed improvement over Fast Ethernet, as well as its use of cables and equipment that are widely available, economical, and similar to previous standards. The first standard for faster 10 Gigabit Ethernet was approved in 2002.
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