{"id":28569,"date":"2025-12-05T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/?p=28569"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:13:59","slug":"router-port-speed-what-it-is-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/router-port-speed-what-it-is-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Velocidad de los puertos del router: qu\u00e9 es y c\u00f3mo elegir la correcta"},"content":{"rendered":"

What exactly is \u201crouter port speed\u201d?<\/p>\n

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In plain English, port speed is how much data a single Ethernet jack on your router can move every second. It is printed right next to the port in tiny letters: \u00a0<\/p>\n

– 10\/100 M \u2192 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) \u00a0<\/p>\n

– 10\/100\/1000 M \u2192 1 000 Mbps, i.e. 1 Gbps (Gigabit Ethernet) \u00a0<\/p>\n

– 2.5 G \u2192 2 500 Mbps (Multi-Gig)<\/p>\n

To understand why it matters you have to look at two kinds of ports:<\/p>\n

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  1. WAN port \u2013 the \u201cfront door\u201d that connects to the fiber modem. \u00a0<\/li>\n
  2. LAN ports \u2013 the \u201cside doors\u201d that feed PCs, TVs, game consoles, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    WAN port speed sets the absolute ceiling for every device in your home. Buy a 100 Mbps WAN router and even a 1 000 Mbps fiber plan will be throttled to 100 Mbps. \u00a0<\/p>\n

    LAN port speed sets the ceiling for anything you plug in with a cable. A Gigabit WAN plus 100 Mbps LAN still leaves wired devices stuck at 100 Mbps.<\/p>\n

    How to pick the correct port speed<\/p>\n

    Broadband \u2264 100 Mbps \u00a0<\/p>\n

    If your plan is 100 Mbps or slower and you only browse, stream and have a handful of gadgets, a 100 Mbps router is fine. Save the money.<\/p>\n

    Broadband 100 Mbps \u2013 1 Gbps \u00a0<\/p>\n

    Step up to Gigabit. \u00a0<\/p>\n

    – Wireless-only house: make sure the WAN port is Gigabit. \u00a0<\/p>\n

    – Wired devices matter: choose a full-Gigabit model such as CF-WR633AX V2 (1\u00d7 Gigabit WAN + 4\u00d7 Gigabit LAN, 3 000 Mbps Wi-Fi). Every cable and every radio gets the full bandwidth you paid for.<\/p>\n

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    Broadband > 1 Gbps (1 200 Mbps, 2 000 Mbps, etc.) \u00a0<\/p>\n

    You need Multi-Gig. The CF-WR632AX gives you one 2.5 G WAN\/LAN port rated at 2 500 Mbps\u2014enough headroom for tomorrow\u2019s speed tiers. Pocket-size and USB-C powered, it slips into a backpack yet still eliminates the port-speed bottleneck wherever you go.<\/p>\n

    Bottom line \u00a0<\/p>\n

    Match the port to the plan, then add a little extra for growth. Do that once and you will never again wonder why your \u201cfast new internet\u201d still feels slow.<\/p>\n\n

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      What exactly is \u201crouter port speed\u201d? In plain English, port speed is how much data a single Ethernet jack on your router can move every second. It is printed right next to the port in tiny letters: \u00a0 – 10\/100 M \u2192 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) \u00a0 – 10\/100\/1000 M \u2192 1 000 Mbps, i.e. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encomfast.com\/es_co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}