WAN to LAN Performance?

[hawkeye62]

I wonder what practical difference there is between WAN to LAN thoughput? I am looking at three routers. DIR-655 has a WAN to LAN throughput of 257.3 Mbps, DIR-657 has a WAN to LAN through put of 329.5 Mbps, DIR-827 has a WAN to LAN throughput of 680.0 Mbps.

So, just what difference would I see between these routers for normal Email, Web surfing, downloading files from a web site, transferring files from one PC to another on my network, etc.

My ISP claims to provide 20 Mbps which is usually what I see except on wireless.

Thanks for any insight, Jim

 

[thiggins]

You will see no difference. Router throughput significantly (> 5-10%) higher than your ISP connection is of no benefit.

 

[tipstir]

ISP download speeds 20mbps and up or less you can't go by that anyway. I would purchased the fastest throughput you can get close to 1GB down for your LAN. WAN no where near that. There was talk to bring in 10GB (6-7GB real time) but they can't even give us full speed on WiFi just flip flop. E4200V1 ROCKS on the GiG and Mega side when you offload those two using Cisco fitted switches see my sig below. I have to run mix WiFi network. I did try going full 802.11n but 802.11g clients suffer.

4x Android Tablets OS 2.3.3 and OS 3.2.1 Signal and dual core
5x Android Smart Phones (WiFi) OS 2.2.2, 2.3.5
2x Netbooks 802.11g and 802.11n Windows 7-U-32-bit
1x Laptops 802.11n Windows 7-H-64-bit
3x Desktop (Gig) Windows 7-U-64-bit PCI-E Bus
6x SONY SMP-N100 1080p/24p Network Media Players 100mpbs (1) or 802.11n (5)
2x SONY Blue Ray 1080p/24p with BD-Live N100
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23x devices I use have 32 nodes in my prior dwell..

 

[hawkeye62]

ISP download speeds 20mbps and up or less you can't go by that anyway. I would purchased the fastest throughput you can get close to 1GB down for your LAN. WAN no where near that. There was talk to bring in 10GB (6-7GB real time) but they can't even give us full speed on WiFi just flip flop. E4200V1 ROCKS on the GiG and Mega side when you offload those two using Cisco fitted switches see my sig below. I have to run mix WiFi network. I did try going full 802.11n but 802.11g clients suffer.

4x Android Tablets OS 2.3.3 and OS 3.2.1 Signal and dual core
5x Android Smart Phones (WiFi) OS 2.2.2, 2.3.5
2x Netbooks 802.11g and 802.11n Windows 7-U-32-bit
1x Laptops 802.11n Windows 7-H-64-bit
3x Desktop (Gig) Windows 7-U-64-bit PCI-E Bus
6x SONY SMP-N100 1080p/24p Network Media Players 100mpbs (1) or 802.11n (5)
2x SONY Blue Ray 1080p/24p with BD-Live N100
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23x devices I use have 32 nodes in my prior dwell..

Not sure I understand your setup. The "near" gigabit speed must be for large file transfer on your lan? Or HD movie streaming on your LAN?

Regards, Jim