AC1200 R6120 throttling speeds - need to upgrade?

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danstar10 wrote:

 

If a router is listed as a 'gigabit' router, does that mean it can support speeds up to 1Gbps if the supplied internet is that fast? And would that work both wired and wireless?

 

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Yes and no. It depends on what the label refers to. Wifi or Ethernet.

Next to nothing will deliver gigabit wifi. You need the latest and greatest wifi technology at both ends of the connection. (Do not confuse claimed connection speeds with traffic throughput.) Few wifi clients can get anywhere near that.

Devices that claim to have 1000 Mbps (or Gigabit) Ethernet, sometimes labelled as "1000M BASE-T", should get near to that speed with wired connections. It doesn't help that device makers sometimes use the label as "Fast Ethernet" ports that are 100 Mbps.

The important bit on Internet speeds is the link between the modem and the router. If that is stuck at 100 Mbps, like the R6120, you will never get an Internet connection above 100 Mbps. In reality probably a bit less.