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strykerzr350
Jun 04, 2022Guide
Why no output LAN 2.5GBE port on the RAXE500?
Something that bothers me to get 1440mbps speeds with Xfinity is for me to have a router and modem with 2.5 GBE port. So when I bought the RAXE500 I thought I would have a second LAN 2.5 GBE port, wh...
strykerzr350
Jun 04, 2022Guide
The manual I downloaded on the support page was a little vague for me at least, I have no problem using LAG to get those speeds as I would only want my desktop getting that.
I have no devices right now that would take advantage of the 6 Ghz wifi signal at this time.
Do you have any recommendations for link aggregation network cards?
plemans
Jun 04, 2022Guru - Experienced User
to be truthful, I've used link aggregation before on consumer devices and never been impressed with its stability. that was a couple years ago before 2.5/5/10g ports were more common so it might have gotten better. so I can't tell you if there's a certain card that works better. I usually just stick to gigabit speeds for my wired/wireless devices as not much I do online, uses even close to gigabit speeds.
Just recently I upgraded to 2.5g ports in my home and can hit 1.4gig speeds with my ISP. But thats using the RBKE963B which is much more expensive. Do I see a difference in speeds? No. the only time I notice a difference is if I'm speedtesting. Otherwise its usually the website I'm on that bottlenecks and not my network. I tried going CAX80--->2.5gig switch--->RAXE500 and didn't notice a difference either.