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Mbps vs Gbps

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July 4, 2014 10:33:33 AM

My hardline (ethernet) Download speed is around 40 Mbps (little b) & my router is capable of 1.75 Gbps (little b) per specifications. Am I crazy or is my router FASTER than my hardline? Can someone explain?

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July 4, 2014 10:43:49 AM

You're paying your ISP for 40Mbps. That is theoretically what you may get talking to the outside world.
Your router is capable of "1.75 Gbps (little b)". That is, theoretically, what you may get when talking to the router.

Router connection being faster than your ISP speed is typical and common.
I have a 50Mbps plan from my ISP. My PC can connect to the router at 1Gbps. 20x faster.

But that is only between my PC and the router, or other devices on the internal LAN.
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July 4, 2014 10:44:15 AM

No, you are not crazy...

I am on a Cable Internet connection that is rated @ 50Mbps... My Routers' Ethernet ports (all) are Gigabit ports. Meaning, my internal (LAN) traffic CAN run @ up to 1Gbps~ while my Download from the Internet Max @ 50Mbps. Reality is, of course, much less than that.
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July 4, 2014 11:39:47 AM

so - any device connected to the internet (whether directly or thru the wireless router) is really limited by the ISP speed (i.e. 40 Mbps) & the speeds of the router would be for other stuff (like wireless printing and such)


USAFRet said:
You're paying your ISP for 40Mbps. That is theoretically what you may get talking to the outside world.
Your router is capable of "1.75 Gbps (little b)". That is, theoretically, what you may get when talking to the router.

Router connection being faster than your ISP speed is typical and common.
I have a 50Mbps plan from my ISP. My PC can connect to the router at 1Gbps. 20x faster.

But that is only between my PC and the router, or other devices on the internal LAN.


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July 4, 2014 11:41:50 AM

jrstubs said:
so - any device connected to the internet (whether directly or thru the wireless router) is really limited by the ISP speed (i.e. 40 Mbps) & the speeds of the router would be for other stuff (like wireless printing and such)


USAFRet said:
You're paying your ISP for 40Mbps. That is theoretically what you may get talking to the outside world.
Your router is capable of "1.75 Gbps (little b)". That is, theoretically, what you may get when talking to the router.

Router connection being faster than your ISP speed is typical and common.
I have a 50Mbps plan from my ISP. My PC can connect to the router at 1Gbps. 20x faster.

But that is only between my PC and the router, or other devices on the internal LAN.




Overall network speed is limited by the speed of the slowest device in the chain.
Often, that is the ISP.
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July 4, 2014 11:46:48 AM

There are multiple threads in here like this:
Q: "I bought a 300Mbps router! Why is my download speed only 3Mbps?!?
A: 'Because that is what you pay your DSL provider for.'
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