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Hello!

Long story-short, I am upgrading to gigabit internet, and potentially over gigabit. As such, even if I only get the 1 Gigabit, I want to future proof and not have to buy more equipment again in the near future, as I imagine I'll be upgrading to 2 Gbps. I know I'll need a 10Gbe network card, modem, and router but I'm looking for hardware recommendations. I have a router that apparently supports port aggregation (from what I can see anyway, router here: https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC87U/ )

And the modem I got is here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0723599RQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

What I'm trying to figure out is how port aggregation works, and if I'm using port aggregation to get 2 Gbps, what kind of network card do I need to place in my computer to receive that connection?

Thanks for any help!
 
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I don't know of a wireless router with 10Gb built in. It seems that I have seen somewhere a wireless router (or maybe just a wireless AP) with NBaseT (2.5Gbit and 5Gbit). The only 10Gb routers I know of are wired prosumer (like Mikrotik and Ubiquiti) and pro level routers where you have a separate router from your wireless AP. You can also build a router with 10Gbit using something like PFsense. If I were you I would stick with 1Gbit for now and upgrade later as the cost of NBaseT as well as 10Gbit equipment is still very high. It will come down and be more available in the future. One reason why you don't see wireless routers with more than 1Gbit is because it is almost impossible to actually get 1Gbit of throughput through any...
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Link aggregation will get you two, 1Gb lines (or four 1Gb lines is the max your modem can do). This is not the same as 2Gb. This means the most speed you can get out of a single process is 1Gb. For instance say you do a BitTorrent download. The max it could do is 1Gb, but then you do a different file download at the same time. That second file download could also get 1Gb if it goes through the second nic in your aggregate group. In other words getting multi-gigabit internet service is most helpful when you have more than one client machine accessing the internet. Anyway to get port aggregation on your PC, it really depends on your operating system. Certain Windows systems can do it with two Gigabit NIC cards (nothing special on the card, though getting two of the same type card would probably reduce the chance for a problem).
 
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Thank you, a lot of the information I found regarding port aggregating was marketing information which is always vague, so thanks for clearing that up. Now just out of curiosity, are you aware of any modems/routers that have single 10 Gbps ports? All of my hardware is 1 Gigabit currently, which will support a 1 Gbps connection, but nothing more. While I'm aware this is extreme overkill for right now since most capable connections are 1 Gbps, I would like to be prepared for 2, 3, etc. sooner, rather than later. 10 Gbe network cards are easy enough to find, but do you have any recommendations for modems/routers with single 10 Gbe ports? Thanks again for your help!
 
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I don't know of a wireless router with 10Gb built in. It seems that I have seen somewhere a wireless router (or maybe just a wireless AP) with NBaseT (2.5Gbit and 5Gbit). The only 10Gb routers I know of are wired prosumer (like Mikrotik and Ubiquiti) and pro level routers where you have a separate router from your wireless AP. You can also build a router with 10Gbit using something like PFsense. If I were you I would stick with 1Gbit for now and upgrade later as the cost of NBaseT as well as 10Gbit equipment is still very high. It will come down and be more available in the future. One reason why you don't see wireless routers with more than 1Gbit is because it is almost impossible to actually get 1Gbit of throughput through any current wireless technology. Some of the wireless routers with three radios in them can see more than 1Gbit total (from several clients on different radios) and thus have link aggregation to help solve that problem (as you have seen).
 
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My guess is that any ISP that is providing greater than 1Gb will provide the router. SOHO hardware for greater than 1Gb is pretty limited. As the 2.5Gb and 5Gb networking becomes more popular, you might find something. Today I wouldn't worry about greater than gigabit unless your budget has four or five zeros...
 
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