Upgrading a home network

[Bright7185]

Hi, I was wondering on how to upgrade a home network and I have a question on it. If you get a router that has 5000mb/s but your home broadband modem was rated for ~350mb/s and you used the router from better speeds would it actually increase your network speeds because I did a speedtest and I get ~350 would that go to ~5000 if I got the router and would the router be more reliable? I am asking this since the router gets plugged into the modem for internet.

[FloRolf]

Idk what you are saying. What kind of internet connection do you pay for? That's what you'll get. If your hardware is not up to the task then your ISP does a bad job. Also 5000mb/s in a router is really hard to find in consumer space. It won't magically make your internet faster. 

[GuiltySpark_]

What are these numbers you're referring to? Port speed? Total wired throughput? Lab achievable wireless link speeds they put on the box that you can never actually achieve? 

[Jarsky]

42 minutes ago, deadlyfarts69 said:

because I did a speedtest and I get ~350 would that go to ~5000 if I got the router and would the router be more reliable?

 

No. Speedtest.net is your internet speed to that speedtest.net server, it will only go as fast as your internet connection allows. 

If your ISP gives you 350Mbit then thats what you'll get to the internet. Check with your ISP if they offer faster plans if you're after faster internet, but ~100Mbps is typically plenty for most users. 

[Falcon1986]

1 hour ago, deadlyfarts69 said:

Hi, I was wondering on how to upgrade a home network and I have a question on it. If you get a router that has 5000mb/s but your home broadband modem was rated for ~350mb/s and you used the router from better speeds would it actually increase your network speeds because I did a speedtest and I get ~350 would that go to ~5000 if I got the router and would the router be more reliable? I am asking this since the router gets plugged into the modem for internet.

Are you sure this speed isn't an aggregate speed? And at which interface?

 

Sharing the specific make/model of router you're talking about would be helpful.

[Bright7185]

What I am trying to ask is if you get 500mp/s internet but you get a 5000mp/s router and you did a speed test what would you get? 

[Falcon1986]

6 minutes ago, deadlyfarts69 said:

What I am trying to ask is if you get 500mp/s internet but you get a 5000mp/s router and you did a speed test what would you get? 

500 Mbps

[Donut417]

On 5/13/2021 at 11:28 AM, deadlyfarts69 said:

Hi, I was wondering on how to upgrade a home network and I have a question on it. If you get a router that has 5000mb/s but your home broadband modem was rated for ~350mb/s and you used the router from better speeds would it actually increase your network speeds because I did a speedtest and I get ~350 would that go to ~5000 if I got the router and would the router be more reliable? I am asking this since the router gets plugged into the modem for internet.

As far as internet speed is concerned that is up to your ISP. Some ISP's might over provision service but a select margin if the bandwidth is available. But generally you wont get any more than what you pay for. 

 

A router uses NAT (Network Address Translation) to essential share the 1 IP address your ISP gives you with all the machines on your network. Depending on the specs of your router, like CPU and RAM and such, that dictates how fast the router can do NAT. Generally the numbers you're looking for are the LAN to WAN and the WAN to LAN throughputs. Some manufactures will advertise these numbers and some wont. For slower internet serivce like your talking most routers can handle that, you just need ones that support Gigabit. Gigabit internet however, causes a lot of issues because a lot of routers can do Gigabit NAT. Even some higher end ones will come close but not 100%. For example my Synology RT2600AC is rated for like 800 to 900 Mbps on the WAN to LAN and LAN to WAN throughput. So thats something to bear in mind when dealing with faster speed tiers. 

 

As far as internet network speeds that will be dictated by the switch built in to your router. Some routers still do 100 Mbps ports, but a huge number are gigabit capable. The one thing to also bear in mind, WiFi tends to fall short of what its rated, so thats just how it is. 

 

For the most part Gigabit should be enough. If you need faster thats going to cost A LOT. Anything above 1Gbps on Ethernet is expensive. Be it 10 Gbps, 5 Gbps, or 2.5 Gbps. Thats why a lot of people choose to use Fiber for faster than 1 Gbps as you can get used Fiber gear for cheaper.