Xbox 360 / home hub 3 ethernet speed issues

Some advice/help needed please.
I've connected by xbox 360 (slim) to my home hub 3 via Ethernet but it is connecting at random speeds.
Some days it connects at 100mb (which I would expect it to connect at), other days it connects at only 10mb!
I've tried using different ports on the back of the hub, making sure nothing else is connected but sometimes to no avail.
I know the xbox is 10/100 compatable and tries to connect at the fastest speed available but I just don't understand why sometimes it connects at 10mb and everything I try it refuses to connect any faster!
It's not like a pc where I can go into the network adapter to try to force connecting at 100mb.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks

Hi Darrenjeff,
Thanks for posting. Sorry you're having a few problems with your upload speed. You might find the answer here but if that deosn't help the next step might be to have a look here .
Cheers
David
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