Wired router w/ >60Mbps throughput?

[carpeperdiem]

Greetings to all. Enjoying the read here...

I just upgraded to Time Warner's so-called "wideband" service (50/5) here in NYC. Expensive, but I want the upstream speed and it works. UNFORTUNATELY, the SMC modem provided by TWC has more than a few issues (I will post about this in the appropriate forum), and I must run a router behind it. No worries. I have 2 different 10/100 routers (Linksys BEFS41 and Belkin F5D7230-4). BOTH of these units fail to deliver more than 12-14 Mbps in either direction to/from the WAN. What is that about? Shouldn't a rated 100 Mbs port deliver something *close* to 100? If the 100 port delivered 83, I would chalk it up to overhead. But 13? Geez. Disappointed.

So I started looking for a wired solution -- but it appears that the models represented on the very helpful Router Chart are primarily wireless and focused on the newer N models.

Are there any wired routers in the sub-$100 range that can deliver > 60 Mbps WAN to LAN? Maybe I have to go with a new N wireless to get this kind of throughput?

Thanks for any suggestions.

J

 

[MadKing]

For a home router switch:
A 100 Mbits port for switching OSI layer 2 ( port 1,2,3,4 on your router or switch) and a 100 Mbits OSI layer 3 (the wan port on the router) are 2 different animal.

Routing (wan port) take more ressource and have a lot of decision to make. It's depend of the hardware inside the router and how the firmware is optimize for it. The chart will help you choose the best one for you money.


Switching (unmanaged switch and port 1,2,3,4 on your router) is just passing packet to the right port so that why you will see the the performance is about the same for all model for this category.

Most of the router are wireless with 4 port. If you don't need wifi, you can disable it in the router.

 

[thiggins]

Consumer routers in the sub $100 price range are wireless. For wired only, you would end up paying more money for a business class router. Just buy a wireless model and shut off wireless.

Port speed just puts an upper limit on router speed. Actual speed depends on the processor used, memory size and firmware.