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you probably haven't had to think too much about what gadget to plug into what

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port on your home router or network switch because they're usually all the

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same speed gigabit on just about everything has

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been the standard for quite a while now but it looks like this is changing as

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we've started to see other speeds even on consumer level gear not just

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enterprise stuff what other speeds are we talking about well we did a video a

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while ago on 2.5 gigabit Ethernet which was developed as a cheaper alternative

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to the much more pricey 10 gigabit revision not only are the actual 2.5

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gigabit products like routers and switches and adapters cheaper but it can

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run over existing cat5e cabling not redoing all of your cabling that's a

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lot cheaper that's pretty appealing you don't have to rewire your entire network

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in order to take advantage of speeds above one gigabit but unlike gigabit

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equipment which usually just has the same speed on every port 2.5 5 and 10

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gigabit devices sometimes use different speeds on different ports

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but why well that depends on which gadget you're asking about for example

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2.5 gigabit routers with only one 2.5

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gig port are becoming more common typically that faster port is the wan

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port designed to connect your modem or optical network terminal if you have

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fiber so that you can take advantage of faster internet connections that have

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recently become available you're going from the outside world to your router

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that's your passport a 2.5 gig router will obviously support a 2 gigabit

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connection the fastest commonly offered in the us these days and it can even

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give you a little extra speed on a connection advertised as one gigabit if

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your isp allows it but what's the point of having a 2.5 gigabit port for

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incoming traffic if all the other outgoing ports are just one gigabit well

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it does mean you're not going to be getting two plus gigabits on your client

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devices but the faster single wan port

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eliminates a bottleneck at the back end for example if you have two computers

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both trying to download a huge game they could each run their downloads at around

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one gigabit per second instead of less than half of that if your incoming port

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was just a one port so the idea here is to allow consumers to take advantage of

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some of the benefits of 2.5 gigabit without being too expensive especially

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considering the vast majority of client devices like tvs and game consoles and

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typical desktop computers out there right now they just they only have one

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gigabit but what if your computer isn't typical what if you've kitted out with a

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shiny new 2.5 gig adapter card can you

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go faster well yes if you have the right

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equipment and we're gonna tell you more about that right after we thank our

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speed from your router to your other devices it's pretty easy to buy 2.5

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gigabit network switches these days and unlike routers these tend to have all

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the ports running the same speed not only are these useful for connecting any

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new 2.5 gig computers you might have but they can help you if you run a home

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media server multiple computers trying to access high resolution videos can do

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so without back-end bottlenecking similar to the example we gave earlier

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about sharing an internet connection but remember that to connect everything

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together seamlessly and still have high speed backhaul you will typically need a

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second higher speed Ethernet port on your router for your fancy 2.5 gigabit

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switch so that's 2.5 to the outside world's internet and then another 2.5 to

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the switch and although these 2.5 gig switches are significantly more

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expensive than gigabit only options there's still way less money than the

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faster 10 gig models which often have just one or two 10 gig ports to again

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keep cost down these are designed more for enterprise settings where you need a

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really high speed backbone for your network though at the time we wrote this

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video there are actually a couple of 10 gigabit home routers on the market with

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two supported ports each one of which features a design that

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looks uncomfortably like a daddy long legs so bottom line a router with a 2.5

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Gigabyte port could be useful if you have really fast internet and have

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multiple folks using lots of bandwidth but the fancier stuff is probably more

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in the realm of the home media server crowd

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offices or other niche use cases like

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having a whole den of video editors on your staff but who in the world would

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have that so thanks for watching guys if you liked this video hit like hit

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