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Router speed does not match Modem
Hi, I'm having an issue with my R6100 router. It's not matching my ISP speeds like my modem does. If I plug my PC directly into my modem I pull 100+ mbp/s down every time. As soon as I direct plu...
You may find this hard to believe, I do, but there is a 100 Mbps limit on the LAN speed of the R6100.
According to the manual it does:
LAN 10BASE-T or 100BASE-Tx, RJ-45
WAN 10BASE-T or 100BASE-Tx, RJ-45
This does not explain the speed loss you see – although you have to remember that the 100 Mbps covers everything that is going on on your network – but it does mean that you will never get the same speeds as devices that do 1000BASE-Tx. I didn't realise that Netgear still made 100BASE-Tx stuff.
Well, I guess that was the issue. I'm still not entirely sure why I would lose 40 mpb/s even without a gigabit port but I got my new router in and it immediately pulled 120 mbp/s. Thanks for the help!
That's good news. Not such a daft idea of mine after all. Another case of technology moving faster than our hardware.
Like I said, something rated at 100 Mbps has to use that bandwidth to do everything, including carrying several streams of traffic in both directions. So the speed loss you saw may be surprisingly high, but I wouldn't expect it to have managed 100 Mbps.
Thanks for reporting back. That's valuable feedback.