Looking for cheap router with actual 100mbps on WAN port

Hi @ all,

I'm looking for a cheap SOHO NAT router (cable only without modem,
wireless and switch is fine) that is powerful enough to ideally manage
full 100mbps IP-traffic on WAN port side. Most routers I tried
unfortunately give up at about 20mbps and then only with SPI or the like
disabled. However the price is the limiting factor (~50$).
Can anyone recommend such a router or give me a hint where to look for
it?
Thanks a lot!

Best regards

*Olaf*

On Mar 7, 9:48*pm, "Jonas Schorten" <short...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi @ all,
>
> I'm looking for a cheap SOHO NAT router (cable only without modem,
> wireless and switch is fine) that is powerful enough to ideally manage
> full 100mbps IP-traffic on WAN port side. Most routers I tried
> unfortunately give up at about 20mbps and then only with SPI or the like
> disabled. However the price is the limiting factor (~50$).
> Can anyone recommend such a router or give me a hint where to look for
> it?
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Best regards
>
> *Olaf*

Are you sure that the ones you have tried did not do 1000Mbps? Most
"new" router have "Auto" speed detect WAN ports that can be set to
either 10 or 100. It is usually the Internet connecting unit that has
the "port" locked at a rate.

> Are you sure that the ones you have tried did not do 1000Mbps? Most
> "new" router have "Auto" speed detect WAN ports that can be set to
> either 10 or 100. It is usually the Internet connecting unit that has
> the "port" locked at a rate.

Thats not exactly what I meant - the autonegotiation feature just
recognizes the speed the port or connected device is capable of
transmitting _at_most_. Unfortunately this does not mean that the router
is capable of actually transmitting data that fast. So you may have a
router with the WAN port sensing a fast ethernet connection and although
the device connected to this port is capable of transmitting nearly at
that rate the router itself just may not have the processing power to
sustain that rate.

On Mar 11, 11:36*pm, "Jonas Schorten" <short...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Are you sure that the ones you have tried did not do 1000Mbps? *Most
> > "new" router have "Auto" speed detect WAN ports that can be set to
> > either 10 or 100. *It is usually the Internet connecting unit that has
> > the "port" locked at a rate.
>
> Thats not exactly what I meant - the autonegotiation feature just
> recognizes the speed the port or connected device is capable of
> transmitting _at_most_. Unfortunately this does not mean that the router
> is capable of actually transmitting data that fast. So you may have a
> router with the WAN port sensing a fast ethernet connection and although
> the device connected to this port is capable of transmitting nearly at
> that rate the router itself just may not have the processing power to
> sustain that rate.

The routers I have used recently (D-Link DIR models) have the
possibility of locking the WAN port to either 100 or 10.

> The routers I have used recently (D-Link DIR models) have the
> possibility of locking the WAN port to either 100 or 10.

I'm afraid we still have a misunderstanding here - metaphorically I'm
just trying to say that if you had a Frerrari, latest model, and the
scale of its speedo would go as far as 1000mph that does not necessarily
mean it would ever go as fast as that. The car itself may be able to
even go faster but the engine simply is not powerful enough.
So a router with a 10/100 WAN port with another really fast 10/100
device connected to this port may just reach a low throghput of about
20% of 100mbps although the source device may be able to deliver at a
higher rate.

Hope I finally made clear what I'm trying to say/ask ;-).

Best regards
*Olaf*