I recently upgraded my internet service to Rogers Ultimate 250Mpbs down / 20Mbps up service. FYI - Rogers is one of the largest cable companies in Canada. Rogers has something called Speedbost that gives you a temporary boost of speed that can make your Speedtests appear faster.
The modem/gateway that they give you is a Hitron CGN3. I have gone into the configuration and disabled the router functionality of this Gateway so it is only functioning as a router.
It appears when I plug a PC into the ethernet ports of the Hitron I got faster download speeds then when I use a connection through my Asus RT-N66U router.
Here is my network config:
Cable > CGN3 Gateway/Modem > Asus RT-N66U > Switch Dlink DGS1024D
I ran all Speedtests at the Ookla speedtest.net site at the Nexicom server in Toronto. The test were done at about 10:15pm so there could have been some network congestion. I used the same laptop and patch cable for all tests. Here are my results:
Connected to Gateway in full Gateway mode: 324.2Mbps down 22.1 Mbps up
Connected to Gateway in Bridge mode: 313 Mbps down 21.8 Mbps up
Connected to Router 232 Mbps down 22.8 Mbps up
Connected to Switch: 228 Mbps down 21.8 Mbps up
I have run several other tests on other PCs on my and the results would be pretty similar to what was shown here - about 230-250 for download speeds.
So it looks as if when I attach to the ethernet ports on the Hitron 3GN I get substantially better speeds, no matter whether the Hitron is acting as a full Gateway or just as a modem (you can attach multiple devices to the LAN ports of this Gateway - I assume that is likely attaching a PC directly to a regular cable modem with no router).
When I go through my router the speeds drop, although they are still close to my rated speed. This is being somewhat obfuscated I would think by the Rogers Speedboost.
Anyone have an explanation for this? Is the WAN-LAN throughput of the RT-N66U insufficient to keep up - the test results here show it having WAN-LAN throughput of 731 Mbps. Or is there something funky in the Hitron Gateway that loses speed when you go through an external router?
Anyone have any suggestion on other speed test sites, particularly ones that work well for higher speed connections - ideally these would be in Toronto.
The modem/gateway that they give you is a Hitron CGN3. I have gone into the configuration and disabled the router functionality of this Gateway so it is only functioning as a router.
It appears when I plug a PC into the ethernet ports of the Hitron I got faster download speeds then when I use a connection through my Asus RT-N66U router.
Here is my network config:
Cable > CGN3 Gateway/Modem > Asus RT-N66U > Switch Dlink DGS1024D
I ran all Speedtests at the Ookla speedtest.net site at the Nexicom server in Toronto. The test were done at about 10:15pm so there could have been some network congestion. I used the same laptop and patch cable for all tests. Here are my results:
Connected to Gateway in full Gateway mode: 324.2Mbps down 22.1 Mbps up
Connected to Gateway in Bridge mode: 313 Mbps down 21.8 Mbps up
Connected to Router 232 Mbps down 22.8 Mbps up
Connected to Switch: 228 Mbps down 21.8 Mbps up
I have run several other tests on other PCs on my and the results would be pretty similar to what was shown here - about 230-250 for download speeds.
So it looks as if when I attach to the ethernet ports on the Hitron 3GN I get substantially better speeds, no matter whether the Hitron is acting as a full Gateway or just as a modem (you can attach multiple devices to the LAN ports of this Gateway - I assume that is likely attaching a PC directly to a regular cable modem with no router).
When I go through my router the speeds drop, although they are still close to my rated speed. This is being somewhat obfuscated I would think by the Rogers Speedboost.
Anyone have an explanation for this? Is the WAN-LAN throughput of the RT-N66U insufficient to keep up - the test results here show it having WAN-LAN throughput of 731 Mbps. Or is there something funky in the Hitron Gateway that loses speed when you go through an external router?
Anyone have any suggestion on other speed test sites, particularly ones that work well for higher speed connections - ideally these would be in Toronto.