Netgear R7000 WAN 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.

That is exactly what I was hoping for in this forum. ;)

So it looks like this router has a max throughput of 600 Mbps with ipv4 and NAT. The SPI firewall probably factors into the speed reduction too. This is somewhat disappointing news. :(

You're not going to find much of anything faster in the consumer router market. The R7000 tests as fast or faster than both the Asus RT-AC68U and Linksys WRT19000AC in terms of WAN/LAN bandwidth.

To get better than that, you'll likely have to move up to business-class devices.

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.

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.

Do you all have any recommendations for a business class router that can handle a gigabit WAN link?

First can you wait 3-6 months before replacing your router? From some of the leaked specs, the upcoming ac3200 units will most likely be packing greater processing power into the units. Smallnetbuilder refers to a 5 core SOCs for the asus ac3200 unit and does not mention any CPU specs for the r8000. The SOC will obviously have to have enough power for twin ac1300 radios.

If you can't wait, can you get by with a simple router without wireless and use your existing router as an AP? I may be drawing a blank but I can't really think of any business class routers that support AC and can do real world gigabit wan-LAN nat routing (with SPI).

For wired only, the cisco rv320/325 might come close to gigabit but you may need to higher end gear to archive it. Those units are in your price range. It may be worth checking out their forums. Once again I would want to hear from people using it with gigabit wan.

Another option could possibly be something from Juniper's SRX line, the Zywall 310 (you need to divide their specs by 2), or,possibly something from MicroTik such as the ccr1109 and up. I suspect you will be nowhere close to your budget though.

Personally if I was you, I would wait it out a bit or jump on the r7000 and try and to sell it when the 3200s come out.

That is a good idea. I could wait for the next router to come out, and limp along on the WNDR3700 until then.

Nice find! I will definitely send him a PM and find out. I'll post back here what he says if I get a response.

I'm using a R7000 with a symmetrical 1 Gbps connection and get ~950 Mbps real world IPv4-NAT throughput:

I have set "NAT Filtering" to "Open", maybe that disabled the SPI Firewall. DMZ is not necessary to get these speeds.