Bonding Eth1 and Eth2 in RN21200 and Netgear R8000 router

[firefox111]

Hello.  I have version 6.6.0 of firmware on my model RN21200 (this is confusing because the model number in the admin page is "ReadyNAS 212" and when I registered this, is is listed as "RN21200" in My Products list!!!).  I want to optimize my ReadyNAS's connection to my LAN.  Currently, l connected the two Ehternet ports to a Gig switch, which, I'm sure is not a L3 switch.  I bonded the two ports using "Adaptive Load Balancing" mode.

Question:  I have a Netgear R8000 Nighthawk wireless router.  Does this router support "IEEE 802.3ad LACP" mode?

Thanks in advance.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@mdgm wrote:

For link aggregation the R8500 and R9000 would be the routers to go with.

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Yes, and LACP works fine with my R8500.

Though truthfully, there isn't much performance gain with LACP/Bonding unless you have a lot of simultaneous users.  

[firefox111]

I think I know the answer to this.  In order for Link Aggregation to work, the switch must be a layer 3 switch and it has to be a manged switch.  The R8000 wireless router is NOT a layer 3 switch and therefore LAG cannot be configured!

[mdgm-ntgr]

For link aggregation the R8500 and R9000 would be the routers to go with.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@mdgm wrote:

For link aggregation the R8500 and R9000 would be the routers to go with.

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Yes, and LACP works fine with my R8500.

Though truthfully, there isn't much performance gain with LACP/Bonding unless you have a lot of simultaneous users.