How to tell if a NIC is Gigabit capable?

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 29 Apr 2013, 13:20

Our LAN runs at 100 Mbps, but it is likely that most of the Ethernet NICs on the PCs would run at 1 Gbps, if given the opportunity.

Is there any easy way of remotely telling whether a NIC is gigabit-capable, or is it a matter of determining precisely which NIC is on each PC, and looking them up on the interthing?

Post by **StuartR** » 29 Apr 2013, 13:41

Somewhere in between your two extremes is to look at the properties of your NIC in Device Manager

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 29 Apr 2013, 13:49

Thanks - yes, it says "Gigabit" in the title!

I was hoping to be able to run a utility on each PC remotely which might give me this info....

JoeP · Post by **JoeP** » 29 Apr 2013, 15:31

See if the PowerShell script at Gather NIC properties helps.

Joe

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 29 Apr 2013, 15:55

I have a nasty feeling that this returns the 'current running speed', not the 'maximum capable speed'?

Looks though I will just have to remote control 21-odd PCs, and look in Device Manager...

JoeP · Post by **JoeP** » 29 Apr 2013, 16:10

You could search Script Resources for IT Professionals at Microsoft.

Joe

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