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Corey N Georgie 30-04-2026 19:46

New Router is impressive
 
I bought a new router which is the TPLink BE9300 V2.

I now get full internet speeds of 1.1\Gbps this is because it has 5 2.5GBE ports where my last router only had 1 2.5GBE port which was the wan port.

Best £159 I've spent in a long time.

Paul 30-04-2026 20:00

Re: New Router is impressive
 
You mean the whole Mesh system ?

A 2.5G port on just my router would be of little use to me atm.
I would need to change all my network switches and PC ports to be 2.5G as well.

Corey N Georgie 30-04-2026 21:29

Re: New Router is impressive
 
Paul they are backward compatible.

I have a 1GBE switch running and its all hunky dory.

Paul 30-04-2026 23:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Corey N Georgie (Post 36214679)
Paul they are backward compatible.

That wasnt really the point - you cant get higher speeds out of them.
Ports on a 1GB switch still only run at 1GB max, even if connected to a 2.5GB router port.

Jaymoss 01-05-2026 16:19

Re: New Router is impressive
 
As always these are of course theoretical maximums anyway and there are always factors that effect it . As a consumer product 2.5Gb is overkill

Now this is a pedant moment and something that has niggled me a long time and I am sure I make mistakes but I try to get it right

2.5Gbps is a hell of a lot slower than 2.5GBps by 8 times because a small b is a bit and a B is a byte

pip08456 01-05-2026 18:02

Re: New Router is impressive
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36214731)
As always these are of course theoretical maximums anyway and there are always factors that effect it . As a consumer product 2.5Gb is overkill

Now this is a pedant moment and something that has niggled me a long time and I am sure I make mistakes but I try to get it right

2.5Gbps is a hell of a lot slower than 2.5GBps by 8 times because a small b is a bit and a B is a byte

Internet speeds are always quoted in bits per second, you should be used to it.

Jaymoss 01-05-2026 18:30

Re: New Router is impressive
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36214741)
Internet speeds are always quoted in bits per second, you should be used to it.

that does not alter what I said it is still factual

My point was in the pedantic use of B for bit nothing to do with speed

Paul 01-05-2026 19:28

Re: New Router is impressive
 
Tell someone who cares ;)

Jaymoss 01-05-2026 19:38

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I care that is why I say something haha

Corey N Georgie 22-05-2026 10:06

Re: New Router is impressive
 
https://www.speedtest.net/result/19222428256


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