Question total throughput of a typical router

[velocci]

Hi all, I'm thinking of getting the Netgear RS200 which has a 2.5Gbps WAN port and four 1Gbps lan ports. if I have a bunch of gigabit wired devices connected to this router (either directly or using a switch), is the router capable of routing a total of 2.5Gbps of data between all my wired devices or it can only do a total of 1Gbps of data?

 

[Aeacus]

For a 2.5G WAN port, max bandwidth is 2500 Mbps. And for router, that means all connected devices combined.

Maximum what each device can achieve, is 1000 Mbps, since they all are connected to 1G ports. Up to 2 devices can comfortably use the max bandwidth. If 3 devices want to use max bandwidth, it drops to ~833 Mbps per one device. If 4 devices use the connection at the same time, then ~625 Mbps per device.

It is rare to have 3-4 devices utilizing the connection at their fullest. So, for most usage scenarios, this 2.5G output + 4x 1G input ports is more than enough. Unless you put all 4 devices to download big file size stuff at the same time.

 

[USAFRet]

And remember, it is VERY rare for more than one or two connected devices to be maxing out their wired connection for more than a few seconds.

Gaming and utube doesn't consume that much bandwidth.

 

[velocci]

thanks guys

 

[velocci]

the Netgear RS300 has a 6Ghz wifi band. would any device be able to use that or would the device have to be compatible with the 6Ghz band?

 

[bill001g]

The end devices would also need 6ghz support.

You might consider wifi6e rather than wifi7. Wifi7 has big issues getting the really high speeds they claim. It will work in the same room but then you might as well use ethernet cables. To get the maximum speeds it needs to be able to use 320mhz radio bands and it seems to have a lot of issues doing that well with walls etc inbetween.

I do not know about the router you list but the other feature they claim wifi7 has is the ability to use 2.4,5 and 6 ghz radios at the same time and combine them. I have never seen a end device that has this ability, it would be fairly expensive because they need 3 radio chips rather than just 1 that can run on any frequencies. I doubt things like cell phones will ever have it because of the extra space the chips will take up.

 

[kanewolf]

Hi all, I'm thinking of getting the Netgear RS200 which has a 2.5Gbps WAN port and four 1Gbps lan ports. if I have a bunch of gigabit wired devices connected to this router (either directly or using a switch), is the router capable of routing a total of 2.5Gbps of data between all my wired devices or it can only do a total of 1Gbps of data?

Only a review, that tests it, can reliably tell you that.

 

[velocci]

oh by the way, with the 2.5Gbps WAN port, my modem is 1Gbps. but would I still technically be able to do 2.5Gbps total throughput within my lan?

 

[USAFRet]

oh by the way, with the 2.5Gbps WAN port, my modem is 1Gbps. but would I still technically be able to do 2.5Gbps total throughput within my lan?

All the internal devices, including the cables, need to be "2.5Gbps" for that to happen.

Performance depends on the slowest device in the chain.

 

[velocci]

All the internal devices, including the cables, need to be "2.5Gbps" for that to happen.

Performance depends on the slowest device in the chain.

I don't mean each of the devices transferring at 2.5Gbps. If I have multiple 1Gbps devices transferring files to each other at the same time, is it possible the the combined throughput going through the router is 2.5Gbps if my connection to my modem is 1Gbps?

 

[USAFRet]

I don't mean each of the devices transferring at 2.5Gbps. If I have multiple 1Gbps devices transferring files to each other at the same time, is it possible the the combined throughput going through the router is 2.5Gbps if my connection to my modem is 1Gbps?

All connected to the same switch or router, whatever the upstream from the router is irrelevant.

Systems connected to the same switch will transfer at whatever the switch (and all other parts) can do.
Same with the router. The typical 4x ethernet ports on a router are just another switch.

Each port on the switch or router should be able to transfer at its given speed.