I may soon be upgrading to 2.5Gbps internet, however all the routers that support said speed seem to be expensive. Is there any that cost less than $100?

  • KitchenNo2246@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’ll be hard to find one at that price. You may find something with a 2.5G NIC but whether or not it will actually route at line speed is highly unlikely.

    Your best bet to keep prices low is to add a 2.5G NIC to an old PC. Even that may not work

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      10 months ago

      Out of curiosity, why are you not sure if adding a 2.5G NIC would work? From my reading almost any PCI-E port should be able to handle line speed for a 2.5 gigabit connection except PCI-E 3 x1.

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        10 months ago

        Many of the 2.5g optics don’t comply with standards and may not work in some devices.

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        10 months ago

        I’ve never done it so I can’t say for certain.

        I typically buy purpose built routers which advertise routing speed benchmarks