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nexus024
Jun 18, 2014Tutor
Netgear R7000 WAN Throughput
I am really interested in purchasing this router, but I have a concern that it can't handle a 1 Gbps connection. I recently got 1Gbps fiber and looking to purchase a router to handle that speed of a ...
- Jun 20, 2014You may be interested in contacting the guy that posted this message on the ddwrt forum. He is claiming close to Gb speeds on stock. No idea of his setup or if he is using SPI or not.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=901721#901721
Retired_Member
Jun 18, 2014DD-WRT doesn't do HW acceleration so it can't handle Gigabit WAN/LAN speeds. It's not a limitation of the router but rather the firmware.