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tamalero said:
I'm surprised such premium devices still get 1Gb ports.
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It does have one 2.5 Gbps port, but it really should have 2. I have a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with a 2.5 Gbps LAN port. I already have a separate multi-gigabit switch. So, all I need from the router is to give me one 2.5 Gbps port on both the LAN and WAN side and I'm good.
 
bit_user said:
It does have one 2.5 Gbps port, but it really should have 2. I have a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with a 2.5 Gbps LAN port. I already have a separate multi-gigabit switch. So, all I need from the router is to give me one 2.5 Gbps port on both the LAN and WAN side and I'm good.
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The SoC likely has only two MII ports, which means MSI had to choose between having a single 2.5G in + 2.5G out port, 2.5G in + 4x1GbE out using a cheap 5-ports (GMII + 4xRJ45) Ethernet switch IC or raising the price $50+ to put in a 5-ports 2.5G switch assuming the SoC has two 2.5GMIIs to make that possible.

Some routers use a 6-ports Ethernet switch and a single-GMII SoC with VLANs to separate WAN from LAN.
 
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bit_user said:
So, all I need from the router is to give me one 2.5 Gbps port on both the LAN and WAN side and I'm good.
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you couldnt connect the 2.5 port to the modem, and link aggregate the lan ports to a switch ?

which, leads to my question, does this support link aggregation, specifically LACP ?
 
Ogotai said:
you couldnt connect the 2.5 port to the modem, and link aggregate the lan ports to a switch ?
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I haven't heard of an ethernet switch supporting link aggregation. I thought it was just endpoints and routers which did that. Then again, until now I didn't even know routers did that.

Looking at Netgear's product lineup, I don't even see any that have 2x 2.5 Gigabit ports. So, it looks like I'll be trying to hang on to my current router for another generation. As long as it keeps working alright, that's fine with me.
 
most managed switches do, at least the ones i have been looking at. i have 2 nas's that i would like to do this with, but, the switch needs to support LACP, which i am having difficulty finding.
i have an asus router were ports 1 and 2 can do this. as well as tp link routers, but i think this is a feature on the higher end ones, say $350+, i would chech the router to be sure, some even allow the wan and 1 lan port to be link aggregated. i have also seen the higher end routers have a 10g port, some times 2 ports.
 
"Available for a reasonable $256"

For that much, I'd rather go for a dedicated AP (e.g. U6 Enterprise) that will run rings around an all-in-one device whenever there is more than one WiFi client on the network, and just relegate whatever existing combobox is present and would otherwise be replaced to routing & switch duties.
 
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bit_user said:
It does have one 2.5 Gbps port, but it really should have 2. I have a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with a 2.5 Gbps LAN port. I already have a separate multi-gigabit switch. So, all I need from the router is to give me one 2.5 Gbps port on both the LAN and WAN side and I'm good.
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Exactly, that is my point. It should have at least 2 2.5Gigs port.
If you have anything above 1Gbps internet... with this device you will only get your full internet speed from all devices.. all individual devices will be still limited by the 970Mbps 1GB ports.
 
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MSI should've spent its money on better hard wire outputs instead on the fancy led's on the attenas. I recently switched to Verizon Fios and got the CR1000a router which has better specs, including 1- 10gb wan, 1 10gb lan and 2 x 2.5gbe lan. Granted the router's has is not as software rich compared Asus and even this MSI router, it has good lan and wifi specs.
 
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Ogotai said:
not if you link aggregate the ports to a switch, as i mentioned above...
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Does this device allow port aggregation? because for the looks of it, it doesnt.

I have asked this to TPlink but they reserve most of these for "business" devices.
WAN aggregation works. But not to switch for example.
 
tamalero said:
Does this device allow port aggregation? because for the looks of it, it doesnt.
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looking at the product pages for this, it looks like it doesnt.
tamalero said:
I have asked this to TPlink but they reserve most of these for "business" devices.
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well, then they may have just put them selves out of some markets. i have an Asus router, that supports link aggregation on ports 1 and 2. i am currently looking at to other asus routers, that are the same, ports 1 and 2 support it. so to there are routers that do have this feature. one of the asus routers i am looking at has a 2.5 gig Wan ( which can also be link aggregated with a 1gig lan, as well as a 10 g lan port, and link aggregate 2 lan ports together as well.

so i am thinking 2.5 for my net connection, for the 10g port, either connect that to my NAS, or IF i can find a multigig switch, connect it to the switch, then my nas, and 4 comps to the multi gig switch, and lastly link aggregate the lan ports to my gigabit switch for everything else on my network
 
IMHO It should have a minimum 2.5gb WAN + Dual 10GB LAN and the rest 1gb, thats what ASUS has.
But next ASUS models moves away from 1gb, it will have 10Gb WAN, Dual 10GB LAN + 2.5GB LAN for the rest.

I have 2.5gb down/ 250Mb up fiber and my pc and unraid have 10gb, so asus AXE16000 is OK for my needs for now, until they come with 5Gb packages
 
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