“Is this the best router for Ethernet Connection Performance? Competitive Gamer that needs lowest ping possible Also can this router work with google fiber and will I need a modem for ethernet?”
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I have not benchmarked this equipment against other routers in it's class, so I do not have enough information to say that it is the best router for ethernet connection performance. If you are talking about the full world of network equipment and you only care about wired performance versus wireless capability, there are certainly higher performing choices depending on what google offers for its highest level of throughput and what you are willing to pay eg. 10gb/s or greater). I can tell you that I am using this router in a small business for it's wi-fi 6 capability in a highly congested signal area, and have plugged a windows 2019 server with NVME disks into the 2.5GB/s lan port on the router. On the server I am using a Startech ST10GSPEXNB ethernet adapter that has 5 speed modes, including a 2.5gb/s mode. On the server Windows confirms that I have a 2.5gb/s connection. When performing file copies, I am getting aggregate traffic throughput of about 1.4-1.6 gb/s through the network card. The NVME disks are capable of about 4gb/s when i have been performing internal copies, so i know that they are not a bottleneck for the test. The router and server may be capable of the full 2.5gb/s, I just do not have another device on the network capable of reaching that type of performance so when I have been seeing above 1gb/s it has been by performing multiple simultaneous copies from other machines to the server. Latencies on the local network are consistently sub 1ms for wired connections, and sub 7ms for wireless connections through the ROG router. For the WAN connection, I am running Verizon FIOS for business on the 300/300mb/s plan, and the speed test generally comes in around 310mb/s down and 330mb/s up. Using the router's Game Radar service I am seeing the following latencies for the lowest 2 latencies regions reported for each game: I am located in the Northeastern US (Boston area). Diablo 3 USW - 6ms, TW - 5ms Dota 2 AU - 5ms, USE - 7ms League of Legends USW - 4ms, AU - 7ms Head of the storm USE - 7ms, USW - 7ms Overwatch USW - 4ms, USE - 6ms One last thing I will mention, this router has the most user friendly interface of any network equipment I have ever worked with. Setting up advanced features on both the wired and wireless side including link aggregation of WAN ports across multiple carriers was far easier than what I am used to. Asus has done a good job of making sure that anyone with sufficient patience to read what they have put in the menu screens for each feature will be able to get the most out of their router product. Good luck with whatever equipment you buy, there seem to be a lot of good choices out there nowadays.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This is the absolute best router you can buy. I apologize for those claiming you absolutely need a modem. That is very dependent on what your internet access point is. If your internet enters your house on RJ45 you absolutely do not need a stand alone modem. If it enters as a phone line or coax (cable) line, then yes you do. I run this as a modem/router with 1gig fiber from Ziply, previously Frontier that was previously Verizon. The switch is done by the ISP outside my house and delivered into my house on RJ45 ports.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.i dont know about the best.. but it is a good router... good coverage. wifi performance is pretty good. ping is not all determined by your hardware but by your connection. you want good connection, so low latency, and good thruput from the router/firewall to limit your hardware from impacting thruput. a great upgrade to the linksys velop. or the asus ac2400 that i had prior. even if you get an ethernet handoff, it's good to have a firewall/router to protect the inside of your network... there will be some way that they hand you off the your internet connect... whether it's some hub or other "modem" like device, you'll get some kind of handoff. your ISP will determine the handoff. i'm not sure what Google Fiber hands you... but if it's like Fios, you have some device in the home that converts fiber to ethernet. as long as you have a copper wire handoff rj45... you can connect that into the WAN port of your router/firewall. don't go and connect unprotected to the internet.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It does its thing, didn't see a difference from my old router. This will need a modem to connect. Not sure about Google Fiber.
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