1000M : Questions about 1gbs, I am losing speed between Router and PC

[DreamRJ]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

The Hub5 is not generally available as it doesn’t support a number of features the Hub4 does.

Ok, why what features are missing from HUB 5?

[RobboEdin]

Support for WiFi Pods, telephone port, SamKnows Realspeed and it simply isn’t generally available, even on request, for the gigabit service.

[DreamRJ]

So what about this instead of a 2.5gb network adapter?

How about a USB 3 2.5gb to Ethernet Cable instead?

Then all I would need is a cat 6a cable and a HUB 5 :P

[ozsat]

And there are quite a few problem posts about it. I don't think it is ready for general release yet.

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

The Hub5 is not generally available as it doesn’t support a number of features the Hub4 does.

[DreamRJ]

Well I tried seeing if they could send me a hub 5 but they said invite only trial and they cant add me to the trial

So I guess I will have to wait.

Unless of course @Skie - can help and explain in more detail what he meant by this? "You can pair 2 or more ports up to pull the full speeds from it, but you need some networking skills and specialist kit to do that."

Thanks in advance

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Originally Posted by Skie

Not that it matters what your PC has, the Hub 4 only has gigabit Ethernet port so can only deliver sub-gigabit speeds.

You can pair 2 or more ports up to pull the full speeds from it, but you need some networking skills and specialist kit to do that.

Can you please elaborate and give more details and what is involved to do this? And was you saying I can do that with just the HUB 4 too?

What kit would I need etc and what skills does it take to pair 2 ports together? Is it some kind of adapter I need that turns 2 ports on the HUB 4 into 1 that goes into my PC?

[Huxie]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

Support for WiFi Pods, telephone port, SamKnows Realspeed and it simply isn’t generally available, even on request, for the gigabit service.

I’ve just got a Hub 5 and can confirm it supports SamKnows Realspeed.

[DreamRJ]

Originally Posted by Huxie

I’ve just got a Hub 5 and can confirm it supports SamKnows Realspeed.

So was you invited? is that how you got the HUB 5? I was not able to get one when I rang up today

[Huxie]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

So was you invited? is that how you got the HUB 5? I was not able to get one when I rang up today

Yes, I got an e-mail invitation mid-January.

[DreamRJ]

Originally Posted by Huxie

Yes, I got an e-mail invitation mid-January.

Ok, lucky you :P

[ash45]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

Well I tried seeing if they could send me a hub 5 but they said invite only trial and they cant add me to the trial

So I guess I will have to wait.

Unless of course @Skie - can help and explain in more detail what he meant by this? "You can pair 2 or more ports up to pull the full speeds from it, but you need some networking skills and specialist kit to do that."

Thanks in advance

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Can you please elaborate and give more details and what is involved to do this? And was you saying I can do that with just the HUB 4 too?

What kit would I need etc and what skills does it take to pair 2 ports together? Is it some kind of adapter I need that turns 2 ports on the HUB 4 into 1 that goes into my PC?

The way i do it other may do it different,

I have a old low power PC running PFsense i have a dual port intel Gbit NIC in 1 pci slot running in LAGG Round Robbin with both ports connected back to the hub4 in modem mode this is the WAN, Then i have a intel 2.5Gbe card in the second slot this is used for LAN, that then gos into a qnap 2.5Gbe switch

my NAS and main desktop both have 2.5Gbe NICs so can take advantage all the other devices on network still run either gbit or wireless as they dont really benefit, Of corse id prefer them the hurry along with the hub 5 so get rid of the extra clutter

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

Can you please elaborate and give more details and what is involved to do this? And was you saying I can do that with just the HUB 4 too?

What kit would I need etc and what skills does it take to pair 2 ports together? Is it some kind of adapter I need that turns 2 ports on the HUB 4 into 1 that goes into my PC?

don't even bother dude. You need to be a bit of a networking guru to understand what it is and how it works and if you had the knowledge to do that then you wouldn't have started this thread because you would have known that you aren't going to get over 1gbit on a gigabit nic. Even if you could get it all setup and factoring the expense, would you truly benefit from the extra 200mbits? Do you benefit from 940mbits now? What do you download at 115MB/sec now that is making you think you need that extra 30MB/sec?

I am not being harsh, just doing you a favour and being realistic. If it is something you wanted to pursue the easiest thing for you and what I highly recommend is waiting for them to give you a shub 5 with a 2.5gbit port on it and then you can easily put a new 2.5gbit (or 10gbit) nic in your pc. Anything else is beyond your skill set atm.

[Skie]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

Can you please elaborate and give more details and what is involved to do this? And was you saying I can do that with just the HUB 4 too?

What kit would I need etc and what skills does it take to pair 2 ports together? Is it some kind of adapter I need that turns 2 ports on the HUB 4 into 1 that goes into my PC?

There have been a few posts somewhere on here.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...4#post36058944 is a good overview of one way to do it. But it's massively overkill to get a few percentage points extra when the Hub 5 might be available in a few months.

Does make me kick myself for not putting a 4 port NIC in my pfSense VM box though

[DreamRJ]

Ok thanks again everyone, yeah I mean I am a tech savvy guy and I do know a lot but yeah I do not think it is worth the expense of buying what I need in order to do it.

I will just wait for the hub 5 to be released for general release and then just get a 2.5gbs 3.0 USB to Ethernet Adapter Cable and a cat 6a cable.

I am happy with the 940mbs I am getting so all is good

[General Maximus]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

get a 2.5gbs 3.0 USB to Ethernet Adapter Cable and a cat 6a cable.

[Skie]

Originally Posted by DreamRJ

get a 2.5gbs 3.0 USB to Ethernet Adapter Cable and a cat 6a cable.