Will my router cap my ethernet's speed?

duncancmcleod · Jul 31, 2018

I have a Netgear WNDR4300v2 router. The advertised Wifi speed for this is 450mbps.

I recently upgraded my ISP internet speed to gigabit and am worried that the ethernet speed will be limited to 450mbps. Does anyone know if it will be limited?

I know the Wifi will be, but am only concerned with the ethernet speeds.

Thanks!

COLGeek · Jul 31, 2018

Yes, your wi-fi speed will be limited to whatever speed it is capable of supporting. Your wired speed should be good to go for the full speed when connecting gig-ethernet capable devices.

Regardless, your performance should be quite good across the network.

terry4536 · Jul 31, 2018

The router inputs and outputs are:
Five (5) 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology.

So you are only limited by the internet provider download and upload speeds (and the modem).

The file transfer speed using the gigabit ethernet wouldn't be affected by the WiFi speed.

jsmithepa · Jul 31, 2018

Same simple law of bottleneck.

As long as your ethernet is EQUAL or FASTER than your Internet speed, is good to go.

terry4536 · Jul 31, 2018

Some routers are limited to 10/100 on the WAN router input. That does limit the internet speeds to 100 mbps for example.

Gigabit ethernet is 1000 mbps by the way.

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