(phones, tablets, PCs, laptops, server, VMs, IoTs). My home network consists of some 40+ devices. I want at least something like that, knowing that the overage will help sure that I can as much of the bandwidth I pay for as I can. The Firewall Gold Plus has 4x 2.5gbps ports. I do want something that has multigig ports. I've eye balled Firewalla Gold (and Gold Plus).

I'm really looking for something out of the box. I don't need to go down a Cisco rabbit hole. I'm not a huge networking guy, but I have some knowledge in it. after that rant, I'm in the market for a new router or firewall. Reading all the info online seems to indicate that this is a problem with a number of Asus models and Asus hasn't seemed to care enough to release a firmware up date to address it. Switching the WAN/LAN connections around on the ET8 router give me different speeds, but only a tenth of the speeds I should get. Hooking any PC directly to the ATT gateway yields the speeds I want. My particular case: I can get near gigabit download speeds, but only 2 or 3 MEGAbit upload speeds on my synchronized connection. It is rather what I'm hoping to replace it with.Īfter doing some extensive googling, it seems that the above Asus has had some real issues with AT&T's fiber gateways. So, this is a question that's not about how my Asus ET8 router is sh*+ and moving from local cable internet to ATT fiber has made this apparent.

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