ZenWiFi XT8 2.5G WAN

[Quan]

Well... I guess that 10G port supports 2.5G... or its a 2.5G Multi-Gig port in disguise!

OE

The 2.5G port on the XT8 can accept an incoming 10G connection.

 

[rmariboe]

From what I've read, a 2.5G Multi-Gig port connects at 1G when connected to a 10G port, since the 10G standard pre-dates and does not support a 2.5G connection. So, your results are curious to me.

OE

The modem's 10 Gbe driver is probably just new enough to support 5.0/2.5, too - it's supposedly not uncommon to implement both 10/1 and 5.0/2.5 since it became apparent that many wouldn't shell out for full 10 Gbe - or just couldn't accept the heat generation and, thus, bulky hardware