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Good router/switch with jumbo frame support?
Hello everyone, recent owner of a ReadyNAS NV+ and since looking at my home network it needs some sprucing up to be able to deal with the jumbo frames and 1000 base LAN connections. I was wondering...
Thanks for all the advice, I was defiantly aware of smallnetbuilder.com however their search must have some issues as when I did some searching for jumbo frames nothing really came up in the same reference as wireless router.
Some more info.
Currently connected with Sympatico which provides me with a modem/router to handle 10/100 and creates a wireless g network for me. That box takes care of 2 older laptops that only have g capabilities and currently my PS3 (too far to easily wire at this point), 2 iPhones and a PSP.
So without getting too many more device hence why I was looking for an all in one solution. Wireless n for macbook and future devices that will support it and a router with jumbo frames that will work for my desktop and the NV+.
The D-Link DGL-4500 looks like a great option, but from what I read from the reviews it can only really handle 4k with jumbo frames on. Now I'm not totally sure what the difference between 4k and 9k is other then I know how to count and can tell it's more then double. I'm guess performance wise I wouldn't be seeing double transfer speeds.
While looking up the expensive DIR-855 I stumbled across it's little brother DIR-655 which also seems to have gigE/ndraft/jumboframes for much less cost. Smallnetbuilder updated their review of it last year at this time to say that it supports up to 9k jumbo frames. The only downside of this piece of hardware is that it only runs on 2.4.ghz so possibly worried about interference with my current network but I'm sure that I can change the channels on one or the other to get past that.
Anyone have any experience with the DIR-655 that could give me some insight into how it's been working for you? While the price of 120 Canadian is a definite plus, I don't really penny pinch when it comes to these kinds of purchases if the features are there in a more expensive model.
Some more info.
Currently connected with Sympatico which provides me with a modem/router to handle 10/100 and creates a wireless g network for me. That box takes care of 2 older laptops that only have g capabilities and currently my PS3 (too far to easily wire at this point), 2 iPhones and a PSP.
So without getting too many more device hence why I was looking for an all in one solution. Wireless n for macbook and future devices that will support it and a router with jumbo frames that will work for my desktop and the NV+.
The D-Link DGL-4500 looks like a great option, but from what I read from the reviews it can only really handle 4k with jumbo frames on. Now I'm not totally sure what the difference between 4k and 9k is other then I know how to count and can tell it's more then double. I'm guess performance wise I wouldn't be seeing double transfer speeds.
While looking up the expensive DIR-855 I stumbled across it's little brother DIR-655 which also seems to have gigE/ndraft/jumboframes for much less cost. Smallnetbuilder updated their review of it last year at this time to say that it supports up to 9k jumbo frames. The only downside of this piece of hardware is that it only runs on 2.4.ghz so possibly worried about interference with my current network but I'm sure that I can change the channels on one or the other to get past that.
Anyone have any experience with the DIR-655 that could give me some insight into how it's been working for you? While the price of 120 Canadian is a definite plus, I don't really penny pinch when it comes to these kinds of purchases if the features are there in a more expensive model.
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