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| Just got the 107mbps 5 package Pretty satisified with this. But i was wondering if you guys could reccommend a good router that would support this. Currently the router i have gives me 38mbps of this but, when im hooked directly in i get 99 mbps. So its shaving me a good 50mbps. Thanks |
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| Well, I hear a lot of buzz about the WZR-HP-G300NH, one of the top sellers on Newegg.
You need one with a gigabit/1000Mbps WAN and LAN ports, and your NIC needs to be gigabit as well. I didn't think anyone made 10/100 NIC chipsets but they still do.
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| I hope so i was so excited to get this package to this let down. do you think something on the router might be turned off. |
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| said by Intoxicoded:I hope so i was so excited to get this package to this let down. do you think something on the router might be turned off.
What router do you have? If it has a filtering function, like a firewall, turning it off could possibly improve your speeds. The throughput is too much for your router's cpu to handle, that is why your speeds are low.
Also, do you have QoS enabled? |
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| WHat is qas |
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Lubbock, TX | reply to Intoxicoded
Netgear 3700 works well. I would think anything with a gigabit WAN port should do it. |
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| i have a linksyse1000 |
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tcgPremium
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Lubbock, TX | That's just 10/100 on both the LAN and WAN. Anything that has a gigabit (10/100/1000) WAN will have gigabit on the LAN side. |
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| So its the router holding it back?
this is what i have
»www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT···2&sr=1-2 |
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tcgPremium
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Lubbock, TX | You first said you had a Linksys E1000. But, you linked to a Linksys WRT310. If you have the latter, it's gigabit. If the former, it's not. |
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| reply to Intoxicoded
Line speed is not the only thing that needs to be considered. The fact that your router is bringing you down to 38 megs is likely due to its limitation to pass routed traffic vs switched traffic.
I have an old Cisco 2611 (100 meg links) but when I try to pass over 15 mb the CPU flatlines at 100%. The max throughput of it is capped at 15 meg of routed traffic because the CPU just cant process it. However, switching from PC to PC within the same LAN through this router (switch card) I am able to pass a 93 meg consistantly.
Make sure what you buy not only has a gb uplink, but is also capable of at least 120 mb of routed throughput on the uplink. (though i'd recommend 320 since 8 channel bonding will allow 300 mb+ contract in the next couple years). |
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| reply to tcg
It is the first i was mistaken they looked the same |
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tcgPremium
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Lubbock, TX | @Moostang,
He said directly connected he could get nearly 100 Mbps. But you're right about other factors. An old PC, or a router with gigabit ports that has some other limitations (my Netgear FVS336Gv2 comes to mind) will also limit throughput.
@Intoxicoded
I would say that you need a router with better specs. |
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