Media Server NIC changes between Megabit & Gigabit on restart

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Noticed something a bit odd over the last few months.

Openmediavault 5 Media Server. Sometimes when rebooted (due to Eksdom or lightning/thunderstorms) the onboard NIC boots up at 100Mbps instead of 1000Mbps.

Normally I doubt this would be an issue (except when transferring files to or from the media server) except that the media server also runs Adguard Home which is then our default gateway to the internet.

As we have a 200Mbps line, when the NIC limit is 100 we effectively lose 50% of our bandwidth/speed.

Resetting to gigabit is easy enough via Putty. but it's still a PITA to remember to check each time & correct if necessary. Normally I only correct when one of the kids complains that there's a problem.

Any ideas as to why it is doing this & a permanent solution? Have already tried a reinstall to no avail.

Specs are:

MB: MSI H77MA-G43
CPU: Intel Core i5 3330
RAM: 16Gb DDR3
 

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