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Originally Posted by ChuckVader
Sorry wasn't suggesting you should buy the Mikrotik just referencing it as an example.
Are you running the Merlin custom firmware on yours as not sure the stock router will do what needs to be done?
Having a quick look at the manual, the WAN port is the 2.5Gb port so not sure if you could actually use that downstream to your desktop PC.
Link Aggregation appears to only work on ports 1 and 2 and then is 802.3ad which if I remember correctly didn't work with the SH when I last tried. Only round robin worked when I last tested it setting it up. I know a few others found the same issue.
Dual WAN won't give what you need in this case.
Therefore unless the Merlin firmware offers more configuration am not convinced if it will work to give the higher speeds.
You would need to have something upstream of your modem between the SH and the modem but then you start getting potential more NATing etc. Somebody was going to try a managed switch but haven't heard back if that worked or not.
You could try configuring it anyway without upgrading the NIC. I don't know if it is my imagination but one thing to note is that the SH4 seems to take longer to establish the connection this way. E.g. reboot takes several minutes before Internet is back.
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Here a couple of links (hope that is allowed) about it for more reading, didn't realise I got it working so long ago as it was Jan 2020...
https://forums.servethehome.com/inde...dia-isp.26354/
and also a nice article written up by a fellow forum member on another site.
https://tech.msh100.uk/virgin/networ...ter-than-gbit/ |
Thanks. It doesn't look hopeful, unless I am prepared to invest a lot of time.
I wasn't taking the Mikrotik as a recommendation. Any additional kit will cost me and I don't want to spend more cash on something that only gets me just over an extra 100Mb bandwidth.
(Remembering when we used to be grateful for an extra Mb)
The 2.5Gb port can be used downstream if I were to need it. I use the standard firmware atm, but would change to Merlin if I saw an advantage.