Reddit reviews TP-Link N300 ADSL2+ Wireless Wi-Fi Gigabit Modem Router (TD-W8970)
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300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem RouterAll-in-One Device: ADSL2+ Modem, NAT Router, 4-Gigabit-Port Switch and Wireless N Access Point300Mbps Wireless speed and Gigabit Ethernet ports, ideal for multiple HD video streamsVersatile Connectivity: ADSL or Ethernet WAN for multiple Internet connection typesTwo USB ports for storage sharing, printer sharing, FTP Server and Media ServerAuto-reconnect keeps user online indefinitelyEasy one-touch WPA wireless security encryption with the WPS button
I just changed out my old ADSL only modem/router, the TP-Link TD-W8970 for an ADSL/VDSL router, the TP-Link AC1200, in preparation from going from my old DSL to Fibre.
Everything seems in order, except that file transfers over the wired LAN now top out at 10MB/s rather thatn 100MB/s. I just put the old router back in to check, and it definitely sends them ten times faster.
Is this a setting of some kind? I'm sure I never had to select it before. I'm using the same LAN1 and LAN2 ports that claim to be Gigabit Ethernet on the router.
edit: just checked the ethernet connection settings on both computers. On the old router it tells me 1Gbit on each. On the new router 100Mbps on each. I can't seem to ascertain a reason for this. They're practically identical routers; one is just a few years newer. Cables are all seated fine and obviously work at that speed (have done for 5 years).
edit: it appears only ONE out of four ethernet ports runs at 1Gbit in 2017 vs my 2012 router I spent ten seconds picking out. How fun. That'll be going straight back to Amazon.
Usually this is the rule of thumb, http://i.imgur.com/QHzQKKA.png
You can always get a modem, router and WAP combined into one package though. see here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TD-W8970-Wireless-Connections-Accounts/dp/B00A122XG6/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1421104058&sr=1-1&keywords=TP-Link+router
edit: the WAP in your OP is a brilliant piece of hardware btw
Sorry, I don't shop at "Amazon for developing countries", I use the superior British Amazon.
This is the top selling router there:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TD-W8970-Wireless-Connections-Accounts/dp/B00A122XG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406925148&sr=8-1&keywords=router
I guess you guys need to catch up with us over in the fast lane ;)
Joking aside, I haven't bought my own router in about 10 years. My ISP supplies my router. since 2009 they've supplied me gigabit ones.