If you want to watch 4K video in every room of your home network, make gigabit file transfers to a NAS device and run cloud backups at the same time, classic gigabit routers may no longer be enough.
10 Gig Routers
10 Gig routers offer wired port speeds of up to 10 Gbps in your home or small office. For this capacity to matter on the internet side, you need an internet plan faster than 1 Gbps. For transfers between NAS devices and computers inside the home, it helps regardless of your internet plan.
Multi-Gig Routers
2.5G and 5G ports are a more economical way to go beyond gigabit, and they can often be used with existing Cat5e/Cat6 cabling.
Key Advantages
- ✅ Faster data transfer for NAS and media servers
- ✅ Carrying the capacity of Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 access points without a bottleneck on the wired side
- ✅ Low-latency wired connections for game consoles and computers
- ✅ Less need to replace the router when your internet plan gets faster
Important: For 10GBASE-T, Cat6a cable supports 10 Gbps up to 100 metres; with Cat6 the distance is about 55 metres. If the connected device's port is not 10G, the link runs at a lower speed.
