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R8500 - Does it support 4K streaming
I just bought the new R8500. Are there any known issues with it? With 20 attached devices and two 4K television I wanted to make sure it didn't bog down like my other one.
Very high quality 4K streaming shouldn’t need more than about 40Mbps, so even over a single gigabit link there should be plenty of capacity there, I’m not sure you would see any benefit at all from an aggregated switch connection.
For the 2 Ethernet aggregate ports. I don't have an NAS storage. It said to enable for a network switch as well. I have 2 switches on my network. Should I enable those ports and connect the switches? Or does it have to be a certain type of switch?
Some switches provide a similar facility to aggregate two ports, and in that case the throughput from that segment of the LAN to the R8500 could be improved, but I’m not sure the average home user would recognise any real difference. It would really depend on what you have connected to that other switch and what it is used for .
It would be for the home theater. So 4K streaming/downloads, music and security camera.
Very high quality 4K streaming shouldn’t need more than about 40Mbps, so even over a single gigabit link there should be plenty of capacity there, I’m not sure you would see any benefit at all from an aggregated switch connection.
The switch must supports 802.3ad LACP.
You also need to turn it on in the NAS or switch. At least I did on my Synology DS-1511+ and it works well when I am away from home. It made a great difference when saving to the NAS from afar. This router does a great job so far. Owned it a week so far.
