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2.5G Port
So, my internet provider sends me a email saying we bumped you to 1200mbps while I was at 1000mbps. I noticed when paying my bill it says my modem isn't supported. I'm like great what do I have to...
I figure that, you would need a modem and router that has a 2.5. Then if your devices even get 1200mbps (which i'm "supposed" to get from comcast).
When i connnected my computer to the port i wasn't seeing a stedy 1200. Sometimes it was as much as a 1gpbs. So i just said screw it, i put back my original setup lol.
So basically if you get a modem and router with 2.5g port. The only thing you can do is a single device that gets the 2.5 plug it into the router. Or use the 2.5 from the modem to the 2.5 in the router and see if you get speeds on wifi devices.
Are there switches wil multiple 2.5 ports?
Yes,
And yes, there are switches with 2.5 Gbps ports, but they're rather expensive. You need a router with all ports being 2.5 Gbps and all your devices having a 2.5 Gbps NIC. Then you can take wired advantage. For wireless, this is less of an issue. Sadly, there aren't any consumer routers with all ports being 2.5 Gbps. You'll have to look at the commercial ones but as I said, you'll pay a price for it
after i tried my service provider modem. Of course it doesn't have instructions and i started to complain that i'm not getting 1200mbps. Then i looked closely there was a part with a line on it, so i moved my ethernet to it. and then i started to see higher numbers. but of course it still goes back to 700. I did more test and the same thing happend. So, i decided to put my modem which is a mb8600 and my router back on Netgear XR500, cause of my external hard drive for movies.
I feel like the technology isn't worth the headache of buying whole new equipment from top to bottom. If anything i buy a router first.
FILIPINOY79 wrote:I feel like the technology isn't worth the headache of buying whole new equipment from top to bottom. If anything i buy a router first.
A wise move. Who needs >1 Gbps? As others have said, that is the speed limit for most current devices. You will have to pay through the nose to get a PC to work faster than that.
