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Gigabit Routers

Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:02 pm
Posted by TigerAlumni08
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2015
6 posts
Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:02 pm
Hey guys, I will be having LUS gigabit fiber installed in a little over a week and was planning on buying a gigabit router for the house. I'm in the market for a good reliable router that will help me utilize the increased internet speed. To give you an idea of how much media will be connected to this network I will have a gaming computer hard wired in, 2 cell phones using wireless, 3 tv's using wireless (sometimes streaming simultaneously), and 2 tablets also on wireless. I know gigabit is overkill, but LUS was offering a free upgrade from 80mbps so I took it.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80845 posts
Posted on 9/23/15 at 12:45 pm to
Just FYI... You will not get gigabit speed on wireless.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 9/23/15 at 1:17 pm to
For your situation, WAN to LAN throughput will be most important in order to take advantage of the bandwidth. That dictates the speed from WAN (where your modem interfaces with the router) to the actual router part of your router (interfacing with everything else on your network). A lot of the mediocre or budget consumer routers can only handle a few hundred mbps WAN to LAN. A non-issue for the majority of us who aren't lucky enough for gigabit fiber, but an unnecessary limitation for you.

FYI, you still won't get your full 1 Gbps on any consumer router, but some do handle upwards of 900-930 mbps, which is good enough. Here's a ranking by WAN to LAN throughput: LINK

You'll notice the flagships rank near the top, like the Nighthawk, but there are a few budget-oriented routers in the mix, too.

But, as SG Geaux said, most of the devices you named (wireless) have their own inherent limitations, so don't expect remarkable improvements in download speeds necessarily. Think of this LUS fiber upgrade as getting a larger pipe rather than a faster pipe. What a decent router will give you is the ability for all of those devices to operate simultaneously at full saturation (or enough to not notice any hiccups) because of the extra bandwidth you'll be getting. I'd recommend the strongest consumer router you can afford.
This post was edited on 9/23/15 at 1:28 pm
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