So I now have a CM2050V with a single 2.5gb port on the back, looking to get the fastest speed to my RBK750. I'm not the most savvy, but is it feasible to run an ethernet to a 2.5gb switch from the SINGLE 2.5gb ethernet port on the back of the CM2050V, into the switch, and then use 2 ports from the switch for the port aggregation on the RBK750. CM2050V-switch=RBK750. Does that even make any sense? Please let me know, looking to go faster than gig speeds without having to get a new Mesh system.
Would depend on switch and it's support of handling LAG and such. Other LAN ports are limited by 1Gb so you'd not see anything much over 900Mpbs on the wire. Wireless, could see over 900Mpbs if your devices supported 4x4 MIMO. I'd just go with keeping it simple, until maybe such time the RBR could be updated to a RBR that had 2.5Gb or higher support like the 850/860 series that have multi gig WAN ports however are still limited by 1Gb LAN ports. Orbi 9 series has both WAN and LAN support with multi gig speeds.
The problem is the ISP only assigns 1 public ip address. You'd have to buy a pretty high-end switch to get multigig connections, link aggregation, and routing function.
the investment probably wouldn't be worth the slight increase in speed you'd get going from 1 gig to multigig.
And most services won't take advantage of multigig anyway. Streaming only takes 25-40 mbps.
It only really helps if you move massive amounts a data frequently.
I think it might actually work. How much are you willing to spend to find out?
The switch supports 2.5G to one port on the switch
The RBR750 supports Link Aggregation for the WAN port and one LAN port into two ports on the switch.
Connect nothing else to the switch.
makes me curious if that would work. Not sure how the ISP assigns the IP and that switch is able to use it. I'm not a switch guru so I have no idea if that switch is capable of assigning private IP addresses/managing DHCP at that price point. If you tried it, I'd try it right away in case it doesn't work so you can return it (and then I can snag it from the warehouse 😀).
Thanks for the replies, I might just try it out. This all stems from upgrading my computer that does double duty as a Plex server as well (main computer duties, aside from Plex, is farting around on the internet, lol). It's one of those things where I looked at it and thought "I wonder if...", and that always leads to trouble.
Before I had the RBK963/RBE973, I was looking at picking up a mini-pc with 4x 2.5gig ports and installing pfsense to it. If I remember correctly, it was around that $250 when I priced it out with modest specs a couple years ago. For some reason, I really wanted to build my own router as the performance is supposed to be fantastic. I was planning on using that for the multigig option and run the wireless router setup I had in access point mode. I didn't go that route but it could be an option. I imagine prices have dropped since I was researching it and it might even work pretty rock solid and give you extra options for performance.
And not sure what you're running on your plex server or how capable you are (technologically) but you might be able to run pfsense in a docker container and add a dual 2.5gig nic card to your plex computer. It could potentially run the router and plex server as one. I've investigated that as well. A 2x 2.5gig wan card can be picked up for around $30-40 on amazon. That might be a cheap option to get mutigig from your cm2050v.
