Hi, our school has a Balance 20X with a 1Gbps fibre connection connected directly from the ONT to the WAN port on the 20X. The WAN port is set to full duplex 1Gbps, there are no limitations set on the router config that I can see, but I never get more than 150Mbps when doing a speed test from my laptop connected via a LAN cable on any of the LAN ports, also set to full duplex 1Gbps. If I replace the 20X with the ISP’s provided router, I get up to 950Mbps when doing the same test e.g., laptop connected to that router’s LAN port.
Is there a limitation on the 20X’s WAN port that I’m not aware of, or some configuration that I’m missing?
hello.
Funny…
I have an old balance one… 600/400 mbps throughput.
When NOT use PPPoE on it I can get 300mbps at WAN. (ISP speed)
When use PPPoE just get 150mbps at same WAN.
Ah, yes I forgot to mention the ISP uses PPPoE for the fibre connection.
I guess that explains why the 20X at the one campus gets 150Mbps max, whereas the other campus that connects via a different ISP, without PPPoE, gets higher speeds. I was hoping to use the 20X as the router but I’ll have to ditch it and go with the ISP provided router, to get the benefit of the faster speed
The b20x can do 1Gb throughput but at max, not with lots of sessions or other protocols (PPPoE, lots of NAT/firewall) etc.
Its essentially intended for small sites that happen to have up to 1Gb, if you actually require a full 1Gb throughput consistently in a real world site you will need something bigger (B 310 5G for example).
