Sonic Fusion and a Gigabit Wired Router from Sonic?

[pflacy]

The only router or should i say gateway that Sonic provides is only 100mbs on the Wired ports. and i am told that the wireless's max speed of the gateway is 300mbs. Where i realize that for internet access with Fusion this is sufficient. But, as I understand it, for network transfers, sharing, backup and media this is very old school. Can you do something about the slow speeds of the network on the modems you provide. i am told by one of your techs. that the current modem you provide is ok for most of your users needs. But I believe that there are other user of yours like me that would benefit from having the increased speed. i know i can go to third parties for a different gateway, but i would like having one from Sonic, because you would fully technically support it when there are problems or difficulties. i would welcome this even if it meant a higher fee or rental of the superior gateway. Thank You. Love Sonic

[Guest]

Why not get a gigabit switch and connect it to the gateway box? Hook all your computers to the switch and then have the switch be the only thing connected to the gateway.

[pflacy]

Because i want a solution that is fully technically supported by Sonic.

[Guest]

There should be nothing to lose by adding a gigabit switch, since switches are 'transparent' - the network behaves the same whether the switch is present or absent, except for having more or less ports. You may be able get an opinion from Sonic support regarding the supportability of add-on switches to your home LAN.

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If you do LAN-LAN transfers, with SSDs or fairly modern rotating discs, a gigabit LAN can make up to a 10x improvement over a 100 mbit Ethernet switch.

When a Sonic gigabit solution appears, you can retire your switch.

[pflacy]

That doesn't cover the wireless side of transfers. I know the topic didn't mention that but the body of the message did.

[chalkhorse]

Could anyone suggest a good router that can take advantage of the higher speed spoken of on this topic? I need the wired connection for my desk top computer, a wireless for the Roku device and one for the addition of a wireless laptop. It does need to send good quality, consistant wireless. I'm willing to spend up to $150. I don't need the top of the line I've seen advertised for $300 plus.

Please be aware that I am not, repeat not, tech savey so replies on what to look for should be in plain non-geek human speak! And, on that note, I do not want a router that I need to configure manually. That could truly get ugly and possibly, well, probably result in a brand new router getting chucked into the river.

Brand names and model number would be of great assistance.

Thanks much.

[chalkhorse]

RE my other post. Perhaps I'm actually asking about a modem that does both modem and router?