"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I ran out of ports on my old four-port wired Netgear router, so, instead
of buying a switch and adding it on, I bought a wired Linksys eight-port
router. Ran a speed test immediately afterwards and noticed to my
delight a 20% uptick in download speed. My old Netgear router was about
five years old, I guess, and the Linksys router I bought was
introduced two years ago, I was told.

Interestingly, the number of wired routers available is down
substantially since the advent of WiFi. I suppose almost everyone is
going wireless in the home, but I still think wired is mo' betta. When
we built this house, I connected several rooms with Cat5e cable. I do
use wireless at the kitchen table sometimes, and it works just fine, but
it is not nearly as fast as wired.

The new router is a BEFSR81. Well under $100, if you're shopping for one.


I use a Linksys combo router. 4 ports wired and WIFI. Works great for the
detached outbuildings.

-W