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Hardware: Which router for comcast?

My router can't handle the higher speeds either. Its a Linksys EA2700 N600 dual band. The fastest I can get while connected to the router is 90/20. I was upgraded to the exteme 105 speeds. When connected directly to the modem I get 122/22. I have troubleshooted everything i can with this router and it just can't handle 100Mb speeds. So I am too wondering the best router to be able to handle the speeds.

I'm looking into getting one of these as well to replace my 6 year old router: »www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-Band···+RT-N66U

I've heard amazing things about this router on SNB: »www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless···reviewed

reply to gopher21
i use a dlink 825

i get full speed @ 120/25

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reply to gopher21
Pretty much you will want to look for something that has a gigabit WAN port as well as gigabit LAN ports. The 10/100 ports on a lot of routers out there have overhead on them as well so they cannot support the full speed of the connection.
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reply to gopher21
just remember, everyone, if you're running 150Mbps wireless n, the real-world "max" bandwidth you'll likely see is about 60% of that 150Mbps, or, around 90Mbps.

with 300Mbps wireless n, i would expect to see (best case) max real world speeds of around 150-175Mbps

If the wired/switch ports on your router are gigabit, as well as the wan uplink port, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to max out your connection, if connected wired(directly) to the router. (if you're not, then something else is funky).

In my personal opinion, i think some people are hitting the boundaries of their wireless network and that's why you're not seeing full utilization of your internet bandwidth, as opposed to there being an upstream issue, like with the cable modem or the ISP's network.

good point about wireless.

My router is wired, as in my PC connections. There is a maximum throughput of about 30Megs due to the routers CPU

Is it safe to assume that any router with gigabit WAN ports should have the CPU power to handle 100 Megs sustained throughput?

reply to plencnerb
I don't know if routers use different colors for different speeds, but most D3 modems seem to use a different color for Gigabit versus 10/100. For example, the SB61xx's use blue for Gigabit, and orange for 10/100.

reply to gopher21
i think it is a safe assumption that if the router is full gigabit on the ports (switch ports and the wan port) that you should be able to bust out around 900Mbps throughput, ethernet.... like if you were doing a iperf test between two wired clients on the router.

wireless you'll always hit that 60% upper boundary, there is just no way around it, in my opinion.

I just purchased an ASUS rt-n66u and did some iperf testing. wired to wired got full gigabit (~900Mbps give or take , i dont have the results in front of me) and i got i think around 150-175Mbps on 5ghz wireless n (40Mhz channel width, 300Mbps connect rate)

reply to Chris 313

Might be overkill but the $20 is worth it. When you spend that much on a router might as well spend the extra cash. I came from a Dlink 825 which was a POS compared to the Asus.

reply to ptrowski

Obviously not right now.

It wasn't "obvious" to me. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link..

reply to gopher21
You need to get something with a decent CPU too. Putting gigabit ports on a 100Mhz mips router will not provide enough power to route/firewall 100Mbps of data.

Most of the higher end routers will have plenty of cpu and ram for 100+ Mbps connections.

I am referring to wired connections - so always please test speeds using a cat5e or cat6 ethernet cable.

reply to EG
My bad, I assumed you were one of the "why buy it if you can't use it" type if guys. Sorry!

Nope. No worries.