“Why does this modem have four ethernet ports if you can only use one? What are all the other ports for?”
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This is for future use. As I read it, Netgear has plans to allow bonded ports to communicate with other devices that support Link Aggregation. This should be enabled in a future firmware, but there is no known schedule.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can use all 4. You can connect up to 4 devices.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can use all four ethernet ports on this model. Can directly wire up any 4 wired devices you like to them or a router or wireless router to one or more. This also has Link Aggregation where you can "bond" two of the ports together to double the maximum wired speeds. To do this would require another device that has 2 ethernet ports also supporting link aggregation (i.e. like the Nighthawk AX8)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The other ports are for using another computer if you have one. Four ports = 4 computers at the same time.
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