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RAX120 router - SSD file transfer slow with 5gbe ethernet connection
Hello everyone, I recently purchased 1. RAX120 AX6000 router (connected to CM1200 cable modem with monoprice CAT8 ethernet cable) 2. 15 feet Monoprice CAT8 ethernet cable connects the RAX120 ro...
To clarify, if netgear provides two usb 3.0 ports which are capable of 5gbe data speed and 5gbe ethernet port at the same time, I would expect this router to provide that full speed with sufficient cpu power.
I just accept this as marketing falsification for this router then since the speed is not near usb 3.0, even though it is advertised as a usb 3.0 port.
I purchased this router due to existence of 5gbe port and wifi6 features along with usb 3.0 ports on it.
I just accept this as marketing falsification for this router then since the speed is not near usb 3.0, even though it is advertised as a usb 3.0 port.
I purchased this router due to existence of 5gbe port and wifi6 features along with usb 3.0 ports on it.
USB 2.0 tops out at real world (not the theoretical) speeds of 35-40 MB/s so with a USB 3.0 port you are still getting much faster than that.
No router on the market from any vendor claims you will reach peak USB 3.0 throughput. Also you assuming that because it has a 5Gbps port for some reason USB storage speed should hit close to 5Gbps. Thing is no vendor associates USB capability to wired speeds. If you want faster speeds you need to connect a good NAS to the 5Gbps port, which is pretty much what is expected. They never made any false claims in this regard.
No router on the market from any vendor claims you will reach peak USB 3.0 throughput. Also you assuming that because it has a 5Gbps port for some reason USB storage speed should hit close to 5Gbps. Thing is no vendor associates USB capability to wired speeds. If you want faster speeds you need to connect a good NAS to the 5Gbps port, which is pretty much what is expected. They never made any false claims in this regard.
- My NAS has a 10Gbps port, doesn’t mean I’ll get anywhere near that, but still much faster than just gigabit. And the manufacturer for example never claimed I’ll get anywhere near 8-9 Gigabits.
- Lastly I’d like to point out that the RAX120’s storage performance eats out even many low to mid range dedicated NASes and also beats out almost any other consumer oriented router that I’ve seen.
- One other question in this regard,
I noticed another problem with large file transfer to the router connected ssd with my set up today.
When file transfer (one 20gb file) into the ssd starts, I get the 120-130mb/sec speed but after a while the speed gradually decreases to 25-30 mb/sec. This does not happen when the ssd is directly connected to my computer.
Is it related to less efficient cpu of the router compared to computer cpu?
mesencephalon wrote:
Is it related to less efficient cpu of the router compared to computer cpu?avtella is clearly the expert on these things – thanks for that useful background – but I am puzzled that you expect a "remote" USB port to come anywhere near a direct connection.
It isn't just the CPU, but the link between the PC and the router and then the link between the router and the USB device. Both links require data handling to check for corruption and to account for other things that are happening along the same connection.
Your USB to PC link is a dedicated connection. There can be any number of things sending simultaneous traffic along a single cable on a network.
