Alexandre is referring to the theoretical limit of the ethernet port on the device. In practice, this maximum is bottlenecked by the compute resources of the device. As measured by the reviewer I linked to, the limit seems to be around 7 mbps when not running other firewall services.
At this point the wrt54g is quite old, but I am gathering that you are on a budget. If you want a great wired only option at low cost I would recommend the Ubiquiti ER-X edgerouter for $55 on newegg. If budget allows, the edgerouter lite for $100 is also a great buy. - Dan On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Alexandre Bedard wrote: > > > What kind of performance are you expecting? Netgear's F model numbers > denote > > 100mbps devices, so if downloading a large file, the max theoretical > speed > > you could get in or out is 12MB/sec > > Alexandre/Dan: > > I'm reading conflicting information. You write that the FVS-318 is > capable > of handling 100mbps (which is what the installation tech told me) while Dan > writes, "SmallNetBuilder's review of it from 2002 shows its maximum upload > and download throughput as about 7 mbps: > https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/24591- > netgearprosafevpnfirewallreview?showall=&start=6 > > If you're getting within 1-2 mbps of 7 mbps download speeds, then you're > basically at the limit of your router's capabilities." > > Do I use the wrt54g with firmware from 2006 or buy something new > (ethernet, not wireless)? > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
