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Hi, I plan on buying the ASUS RT-AC88U and I've heard it supports link aggregation which from what I understood is somehow supposed to increase speed over LAN. I mostly game, torrent and stream. Could I benefit from it and if so, how can it be done? I'll be using a 1 gbit fiber optics connection that first connects to the modem and then to the wireless router. Any other advice on how to proceed? Thanks a lot!
 
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Will not help in your stated uses.
It 'might' speed things up in talking to a different system over the same internal LAN, and then only when hardwired to the router. And then only if your motherboard is capable of it.
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Will not help in your stated uses.
It 'might' speed things up in talking to a different system over the same internal LAN, and then only when hardwired to the router. And then only if your motherboard is capable of it.
Read more here:
https://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junose13.2/topics/concept/802.3ad-link-aggregation-understanding.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation

But your speed to the outside world will not change. It doesn't magically get you 2x from the ISP.


Basically, it is a 'feature' that you will never need or use.
 
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