hello Bianpie
I wouldn’t worry too much about this.
Even tough a device has a 2.5Gbit/s port, doesn’t mean it will make full use of it, here are some examples:
- Cisco Meraki Go GX-20 1Gbit/s port, max troughput 250Mbit/s
- Zyxel USG Flex 50 1Gbit/s port, max troughbut 260Mbit/s
- Zyxel USG Flex 200 1Gbit/s port, max troughput 650Mbit/s
I can’t find any information on the real troughput of the ASUS router you have. My XT8 got a max of 1.6Gbit/s on the Connect Box 3 and with my WiFi7 AP using the fastes WiFi device at hand it was max 1.61Gbit/s. No other device I have supports WiFi7, so they are way slower.
I am a customer, just like you. I’ve had many different devices in use. I can talk about the devices I’ve had but I am not going to buy devices, just to test them. Nor should you.
To make full use of the 2.5Gbit/s is almost impossible. I monitor my connection and the most download speed I use, is around 170Mbit/s. That’s when my server runs a backup-task. During normal use the most is 30Mbit/s. Most of it is used by the TV-Boxes. Also, the server you download from, needs to support the speed. Since bandwith is still expensive, most don’t.
