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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
I agree with James 100%.
Most people use other features such as firewall, nat, QoS etc.. all of which will slow down wan/lan packet transfers.
Kong (who has been deeply involved in testing/using the r7000) also indicated in previous threads that even the powerful r7000 wont hit gig wan/lan speeds on stock firmware under "normal" configuration.
Most people use other features such as firewall, nat, QoS etc.. all of which will slow down wan/lan packet transfers.
Kong (who has been deeply involved in testing/using the r7000) also indicated in previous threads that even the powerful r7000 wont hit gig wan/lan speeds on stock firmware under "normal" configuration.
JAMESMTL wrote: I also suspect that most people will be running SPI as nat is not a firewall. I am a big fan of this router however I think real world thoroughput is closer to 600 Mbs from what I have read.