Combining ethernet ports of router possible?

[CntrlAltDel]

Hi, there

I just recently found out that modem only supports 10/100BASE-TX wired connections to my computer. Weird thing is that the WiFi is rated for B/G/N standard so the transfer rate is about 300Mbps. So I have PC in another room that I transfer data to wireless every now and then but I'm still limited by the transfer rate of my wired router.

My question is if I have 4 ports on my modem, can I combine 3 or 4 together via ethernet cable and connect all 3 or 4 to my PC and expect 300Mbps or close, is this possible?

 

[laviniuc]

no, it doesn't work like that. and i really think you never reach close to 300mbps on wireless, wired should still be faster, maxed out at about 10 megabytes/second.

 

[unksol]

It is called link aggregation. It can be done in Windows but it's not natively supported. And it would be a lot less hassle to just buy a gigabit switch/router instead of buying multiple nics for your PC just to keep using the old one.

 

[jsmithepa]

Like unksol says, even if you can do it easily, which is not, why bother adding 100mbit at a time when you can buy 1 gbit switch/WIFI router and BAM you go up 10x speed immediately WITHOUT adding NICs to your clients?

 

[laviniuc]

are you getting over 100mbps from your isp? otherwise it's not worth the hassle. stick to the 100mbps connection

 

[Kewlx25]

are you getting over 100mbps from your isp? otherwise it's not worth the hassle. stick to the 100mbps connection

A router that is so old to have 100Mb Ethernet ports probably hasn't had any firmware updates in years and probably is riddled with security holes, among other issues.

Most of the roads around here are under 45Mph, but it doesn't mean I want a Ford Model T.

 

[CntrlAltDel]

no, it doesn't work like that. and i really think you never reach close to 300mbps on wireless, wired should still be faster, maxed out at about 10 megabytes/second.

I know 300Mbps without any interference should provide me with +/- 30MBps transfer rate

 

[CntrlAltDel]

are you getting over 100mbps from your isp? otherwise it's not worth the hassle. stick to the 100mbps connection

No I'm talking about LAN transfers

 

[CntrlAltDel]

are you getting over 100mbps from your isp? otherwise it's not worth the hassle. stick to the 100mbps connection

A router that is so old to have 100Mb Ethernet ports probably hasn't had any firmware updates in years and probably is riddled with security holes, among other issues.

Most of the roads around here are under 45Mph, but it doesn't mean I want a Ford Model T.

Last firmware update was December 2012 and the modem's release was in 2011

 

[bill001g]

You can't believe the 300m number that is like calling your ethernet port 200m because they add up an down together. They also ignore all the overhead. The testing sites barely get 100m download rates even with routers that claim 600m on the 2.4g. Even the top of the line 802.11ac things that are claiming more than 1g speeds are lucky to get 200m.

It does not matter what firmware your router really is the feature is not in any factory image. Then even if you were to get the feature it still will likely not provide what you want. You can go read all about 802.3ad and why it does not do what you want.

 

[laviniuc]

are you getting over 100mbps from your isp? otherwise it's not worth the hassle. stick to the 100mbps connection

No I'm talking about LAN transfers

100mbps is in practive 10megabytes per second, if you need more a cheap alternative/quicker is to get a small gigabit switch and connect the lan pc(s) to it and then the switch to the modem. (only wired ones will take advantage of the faster switch)