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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 ...
- You 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
nexus024 wrote: I did read that from their test procedure, however they did say that SPI had little effect on throughput...
"But we have found that disabling SPI is simpler and in most cases does not affect router throughput."
Personally I would look for a few people who actually have gigabit internet service and get their direct feedback including how they configured their r7000. Here is one person's experiences with both stock and ddwrt thoroughput.
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=898448&sid=d6e84b9bc5da9d2f14ddd970b6a2ca49#898448