PaperFriend
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Best Asus for a gigabit network?
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I would recommend netgear as its has the max WAN to lan throughput.
Thats peak not steady.
Yes, The original poster specified a 1Gb LAN, and rmerlin also specified gigabit Ethernet.Oh its local speed transfer
Best Asus for a gigabit network?
None.... and that goes for most consumer Router/AP's these days. Even the AC-Whatever class - as they've been focused on running up the wireless numbers - the routing performance has been same, or similar...
To get back to the OP's point that depends on a "gigabit network" is. An RT-AC68 can easily handle WIRED gigabit speeds. And there is little need for Wi-Fi speeds greater than the incoming connection from the ISP.
I have a connection rated at 100Mbps that delivers 135Mbps (thank you, Charter!). With an AC68 for the main router on the 2nd floor, an N66 as an access point on the 1st floor, and an EA-N66 working out in the garage as a repeater; and three people doing different network tasks including video streaming at the same time, we have no bandwidth issues.
I have been able to get 900Mbps+ downloads on my pfSense install running on an E4600 @ 2.4GHz with Intel PRO/1000 cards. This was done via multiple large downloads across 2-3 systems to peg it out.Intel on pfSense - depends on the CPU, and there, folks will quote PPS, but seriously, that's a copout as well... as a pfSense user, I won't go there - 500Mbps, maybe, but Gigabit... nope.
I am quite aware that you are, and of the distinction between the way the wired and wireless connection operate. But PaperFriend has not told us whether his "gigabit network" means his own LAN is gigabit, or the ISP's feed into his house. I took "gigabit network" to mean his LAN, not a "gigabit Internet service."I'm speaking about a Gigabit WAN connection
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