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I just recently upgraded to Gigablast through Cox cable and I think it's time to also update my router as well. I currently use a D-Link DIR-880L as my main router and I connect it to an Airport Extreme on the other side of my house via an ethernet cable and set it to bridge mode. I have one ethernet cable from the back of the D-LINK connected to a Linksys switch which is located in the master bedroom where all of the cabling goes to and from there, I connect all of the ethernet cables to other various devices throughout the house.
I've been looking at upgrading the router to either the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 or the Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10. I also noticed that ASUS shows a new router coming soon called the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000. Not sure when it's coming and for how much but I assume it's going to be very expensive.
In any case, I noticed that both routers have a feature called link aggregation and I'm not really sure what this is. I did a little research and I did find that you can connect Netgear Nighthawk X10 to the Nighthawk S8000 switch using link aggregation. I'm guessing this will somehow make it faster but can someone explain in layman's term what link aggregation is exactly and would it be to my benefit to invest in this set up in terms of maximizing speeds connected through ethernet?
I've been looking at upgrading the router to either the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 or the Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10. I also noticed that ASUS shows a new router coming soon called the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000. Not sure when it's coming and for how much but I assume it's going to be very expensive.
In any case, I noticed that both routers have a feature called link aggregation and I'm not really sure what this is. I did a little research and I did find that you can connect Netgear Nighthawk X10 to the Nighthawk S8000 switch using link aggregation. I'm guessing this will somehow make it faster but can someone explain in layman's term what link aggregation is exactly and would it be to my benefit to invest in this set up in terms of maximizing speeds connected through ethernet?