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Riley78
Mar 17, 2022Guide
R6900 speed
What is the max wired download speed will this support? (this is not the version 2 or 6900P)
Thanks for the reply.
I am thinking of moving to a higher speed tier and wondered if a new router would be needed. The link to the R7000 showed a
speed test result of 950 Mbps which exceeds my needs.
3 Replies
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
SInce it has 1Gb WAN and LAN ports:
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/R6900.pdf
It has the potential to support near 900Mbps WAN to LAN speed.
May depend on if it has HW NAT acceleration or cut thru support.May depend on ISP modem/ONT services as well.
The R7000 can:
Something you can check to see yourself:
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html#speedtest