I’m considering upgrading to Pepwave Surf SOHO from my consumer router. I’m curious about the throughput changes I may see. Right now I see 140 mb/s hardwired and 100 mb/s over WiFi. I understand the SOHO is 120 mb/s.
My current setup is Arris SB6183 Surfboard modem, which the ISP tells me is putting out about 240 mb/s now. My router is an older Apple Airport Extreme (802.11n).
I’m not a LAN or a router guy, but I’ve been reading as much about them as I can and come here based upon Michael Horowitz at Router Security.org.
I understand I’ll need to buy a different modem than the Arris to use with the Pepwave.
I’m on a 200 mb/s contract with my ISP, and they guarantee 70% of throughput, hardwired - that’s the 140 mb/s I mentioned above. WiFi gives me between 100 WiFi including VPN and 140 mb/s hardwired VPN not connected.
So, after all that, I come to my questions:
- When I replace the Arris modem, what’s the sweet spot for its replacement’s speed - 200? 300? 600? Other?
- Is my old 802.11n two-band router responsible for some of that throughput drop? Will the Pepwave show more efficiency and a higher percentage (Arris - 240 mb/s out → Apple router → fast laptop - 100 WiFi usable)?