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Netgear WN2000RPT Ethernet Speed
I am trying to use WN2000RPT v1 with my computer connected using Cat-6 ethernet cable. The problem is that my computer Ethernet always negotiates 100MBPS link with WN2000RPT. However, if I connect m...
roshj wrote:I have the same problem. speed is 100mb/s and download is as low as 20mb/s
Suspect that's related to the 802.11n wireless part, or whatever is in the uplink. Under ideal conditions (where you won't need an extender btw.) the PHY link rate is 300 Mb/s what does translate to an effective max, throughout on the wireless extension link of 165..195 Mb/s the PHY link rate is 450 Mb/s what does translate to an effective max, throughout on the wireless extension link of 248..293 Mb/s. Now you can argue that one wired device can't use the full speed because of the Fast Ethernet port - however in a typical wireless extender set-up I doubt the extender does ever reach a data rate beyond of Fast Ethernet.
well, numbers are matching. I don't think wireless is the culprit here. I am seeing wireless speed 247mbps in status and if ethernet was working as expected, the download could have beeen much better. It's just that ethernet is at 100mbps that puts max throughput limit to 30mbps (CSMA/CD limits). If is outrageous if they are really 100mbps and netgear used 100mbps ports on 300mbps advertised extender.
jeev wrote:well, numbers are matching. I don't think wireless is the culprit here. I am seeing wireless speed 247mbps in status and if ethernet was working as expected, the download could have beeen much better.
Correct. The speed shwon is a PHY link rate however.
jeev wrote:It's just that ethernet is at 100mbps that puts max throughput limit to 30mbps (CSMA/CD limits).
Not sure what you want to say here. The Fast Ethernet switch on board does certainly not limit the speed for up- and downlink. Unclear f the other user testing concurrent up- and down speed over the wireless extension link.
jeev wrote:If is outrageous if they are really 100mbps and netgear used 100mbps ports on 300mbps advertised extender.
There are four 100 Mb/s ports - more than enough bandwidth of what the wireless extension link will ever make.
How many consumer Gigabit Routers make one+one Gigabit routing performance?Then, look at top of the line 802.11ac routers promoted as AC5400 with one Gigabit WAN and four Gigabit LAN ports. Outrageous?
Or the top of the line WiFi 6 routers promoted as AX11000 with a 2.5G (or a pair of GbE) WAN and four GbE LAN ports. Outrageous?
Going into a different market level, we can look at 52/54 port GbE switches with four/six GbE/SFP uplink ports. Outrageous?
Or 52 port GbE switches with four 10GbE/SFP+ uplinks. Outrageous?
Oh my ISP router for the symmetric 10Gb fiber does come with one 2.5Gb, four 1Gb, and some WiFi - Ok, this is kind of balanced but I can't really make full usage of my 10Gb switch infrastructure and servers.... Outrageous?
you must be netgear or just some kind of guy with extremely narrow perspective. Yes, if AC5400 offers 1GBPS LAN, it is outrageous.
And why would i care how many ports are there? If i use 1 port, it should be able to give me 100% throughput through that port. If not, it's outrageous.
The br-lan nicked eth0 is the internal radio interface bridge e.g. an MII or RMII or some "better" way (dunno) to the Fast Ethernet switch chip.
Considering we talk of a 2.4 GHz 802.11n 2x2 single radio device (N300) operating in extender mode where each data frame does go over the air twice - sequentially - handled by a single radio, the real net performance must be well below the half of the possible data rate of the negotiated link rate to the primary router radio. Ample of spare performance on the Fast Ethernet ...
The test of the (probably the initial v1) NETGEAR WN2000RPT Universal WiFi Range Extender Reviewed - Performance does confirm my suspicion.
Not Netgear, and certainly not a wireless dreamer - just a realist...