Topic: Check the specs......

[emsvitil]

What good is a 1200Mbps wifi router if the ethernet ports are only 10/100 ?


Returning router to Fry's tomorrow...………….

[V-Man]

You sure it is not 100/1000 or 10/1000( 1 Gbps)?

[emsvitil [OP]]

https://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/cat-9_Archer-C50.html#specifications

[V-Man]

10/100 is the port connector.  It's like saying it is a 20/22R head.
Your data is 300 and 867 or 1167Mps. 

My Router is 10/1000 as is my Network card. But I am on Fiber Optic Cable with 900Mps Data plan. 

[emsvitil [OP]]

Then your wifi data drops to 10/100 as soon as it goes to a hardwire connected device...………………...

[V-Man]

Then your wifi data drops to 10/100 as soon as it goes to a hardwire connected device...………………...

Change your network card, not the router.  My 10/1000 network card is over ten years old.  You can probably get 2 gig bandwidth cards now.

Also don't forget 300 baud wired is faster the 4800 baud wireless. 

[emsvitil [OP]]

You can't change the network card on the router as it's bullt-in as 10/100,   so any hardwired connection to the router would be limited to 100.

[V-Man]

That is the port/connecter type, not your DATA rate.

Router and wireless network adapters are all 802.11 protocal.
But there are different levels or variations of the protocol
802.11 a
802.11 b
802.11 c
802.11 g
802.11 n
802.11 n+
The oldest and slowest is a, the newest and fastest is n+.
You have a fast router.  If you match it to a fast wireless adapter, you can get it's full wireless data rate. 
But a router with 802.11 a is just as fast as a router with 802.11 n when you are connecting your computer to it with a network cable.

[emsvitil [OP]]

My laptop connects to the router at 867

My server (hardwire) connects at 100 (router limit)



The 867 wifi connection is useless.


The router should have a 10/100/1000 connection to make the 867 wifi connection useful.

[V-Man]

How are you testing measuring your data rate on the server?
Are you connect to the LAN or WAN port?

[emsvitil [OP]]

I returned the router once I found out it wouldn't support the 1000 ethernet connection.

https://download.cnet.com/LAN-Speed-Test/3000-2085_4-10908738.html


I use the wifi routers as access points, so LAN only to 1000 switch

[V-Man]

Then this thread has no point.