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borezega
Dec 27, 2021Aspirant
connecting 2 5g routers into 1 switch or router to get doubel speed
hi I just want to know if Netgear have any switch or router that can combine 2 5G routers to get double the speed of the internet like bonding them together like 500Mbp + 500Mbp = 1Gigabit speed and ...
microchip8
Dec 27, 2021Master
it doesn't, at least not wired. LAN ports on all NG routers are at most 1 Gbps. There are switches but they're rather expensive. Still, if your router is maxing out at 1 Gbps per port, there's little sense in buying a multi-Gbps switch
- borezegaDec 27, 2021Aspirant
so theres no way to combine 2 isps for double the speed :(
- microchip8Dec 27, 2021Master
Combining 2 (different) ISPs? Very hard to do on NETGEAR routers, if at all. Link aggregation works only with one connection - it's difficult to maintain multiple connections, at least my experience tells me while using it on ASUS routers. Even if you managed to do it, you'll still be limited by the 1 Gbps LAN ports of the router.
You should look into commercial routers instead of consumer ones.. They may be more costly, but may provide what you're looking for. Check out Ubiquiti, Mikrotik and Cisco. These combined with (multiple) WiFi access points may do the job. (it may require a lot of configuration and fine tuning to make it optimal, though. it's not a "click, click, click solution")
- borezegaDec 27, 2021Aspirant
and thank you for the info i try it microchip8
- plemansDec 27, 2021Guru - Experienced User
borezega wrote:
so theres no way to combine 2 isps for double the speed :(
There are routers that support WAN load balancing/failover.
Netgear has some but they're business class equipment.
The rare consumer router supports it. You'd be looking for dual wan capable routers with failover/load balancing.
- borezegaDec 27, 2021Aspirant
loadbalencer and fileover dose not work for dobling the speed it only balance them