Is there a motherboard with these specific requirements?

[Deleted member 209350]

Is there any reason why you need dual Gigabit LAN ports? Does it require teaming support?

Bare in mind both local connections and internet speeds are advertised as bit, so a single gigabit port will still be more than faster than Virgin's fastest package. In your case, Virgin's 250mb package is still 4 times slower than gigabit LAN. The only time you will require faster LAN to keep up with internet speeds is if you have a FTTP 1 gb/s+ service.

You're getting mixed up with Virgin's service as megabyte. You're getting 110mb on a 100mb service because Virgin boosted it slightly so they can still advertise it as 100mb due to advertising rules. It's still no where near saturating a gigabit port.

I didnt meant dual gigabit lan ports, I meant a lan port that can support upto 2gigabit speeds! Also I was under the assumption that a gigabit lan port may only be able to handle upto 125mb speeds? If thats not the case, then 1 gigabit lan port is more than enough

 

[Jamin280672]

I didnt meant dual gigabit lan ports, I meant a lan port that can support upto 2gigabit speeds! Also I was under the assumption that a gigabit lan port may only be able to handle upto 125mb speeds? If thats not the case, then 1 gigabit lan port is more than enough

Yes any motherboard that has a GigaBIT port is plenty, thats 1000megabits/sec to put it in laymens terms, virgins top speed is 350megabits/sec leaving the LAN port capable of a further 650mb/s

This is my MSI X470 Gaming M7 through the built in WifI 5ghz to my Virgin Superhub 3, and the bottom one is hard wired.

 

[mattyfez]

As a said previously, and was subsequently ignored, a bog standard Gigabit lan port can support faster speeds than any consumer broadband connection.

You'd have to have an Internet connection speed approaching a thousand megabits per second to even worry about it.

And even if you did have that, you'd have to find a file server capable of pumping that volume of data to you at that speed.. Good luck finding that lol!

Honestly when I had 80mbit fttc is was a waste as I just couldn't make use of all the bandwidth so I downgraded to 40.

Might be a different story with a family of 5 though if they're all streaming and downloading at the same time.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Yes any motherboard that has a GigaBIT port is plenty, thats 1000megabits/sec to put it in laymens terms, virgins top speed is 350megabits/sec leaving the LAN port capable of a further 650mb/s

This is my MSI X470 Gaming M7 through the built in WifI 5ghz to my Virgin Superhub 3, and the bottom one is hard wired.

Right I get it now, makes perfect sense, this is what I was trying to get answered the whole time essentially.

Also it makes it pretty evident that Ill have to get my pc connected through lan, however the router is connected on the ground floor atm and I need it moved upstairs.. its possible to get it moved right?

 

[Deleted member 209350]

As a said previously, and was subsequently ignored, a bog standard Gigabit lan port can support faster speeds than any consumer broadband connection.

You'd have to have an Internet connection speed approaching a thousand megabits per second to even worry about it.

And even if you did have that, you'd have to find a file server capable of pumping that volume of data to you at that speed.. Good luck finding that lol!

Honestly when I had 80mbit fttc is was a waste as I just couldn't make use of all the bandwidth so I downgraded to 40.

Might be a different story with a family of 5 though if they're all streaming and downloading at the same time.

yeah i apologise I didnt see your previous message, but all i needed to know was that I got it wrong between virgin media's speeds to 250megabytes vs megabits speed. I thought they went upto 300 megabytes not megabits, hence the confusion

 

[mattyfez]

No worries.
You can move it via a phone line extention but you might lose a bit of speed.
It's probably easier to leave the router attached closely to the master phone socket

Then either run ethernet cable under carpet or along skirting boards.. It's good for cable runs up to 100 meters.

Or what I did in my old house was run a cable up the outside of the house.. Requires a bit of DIY though.

You could also look at power line adaptors as another option.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

No worries.
You can move it via a phone line extention but you might lose a bit of speed.
It's probably easier to leave the router attached closely to the master phone socket

Then either run ethernet cable under carpet or along skirting boards.. It's good for cable runs up to 100 meters.

Or what I did in my old house was run a cable up the outside of the house.. Requires a bit of DIY though.

You could also look at power line adaptors as another option.

Yeah the 2 options I was thinking of was either running the ethernet cable through the house somehow and get it upstairs, otherwise resorting to powerline cables. I hear mixed things about powerline cables how it really depends on the wiring on your house etc.. so id rather not risk it and instead try and run the cable. Its going to be a tricky ask but ill have to find out a way to get it done, as thats the only guaranteed way ill get the promised speeds

 

[mattyfez]

Ethernet cable is more reliable and more consistent, and the cheaper choice..

Just depends on what's most practical for you really

 

[Jamin280672]

Yeah the 2 options I was thinking of was either running the ethernet cable through the house somehow and get it upstairs, otherwise resorting to powerline cables. I hear mixed things about powerline cables how it really depends on the wiring on your house etc.. so id rather not risk it and instead try and run the cable. Its going to be a tricky ask but ill have to find out a way to get it done, as thats the only guaranteed way ill get the promised speeds

If you are needing to run it upstairs and you have carpet upstairs, its pretty easy, if you have something like wooden flooring, its a bit more difficult.

just get a very long length of ethernet cable and run it along the walls through a thin piece of trunking, dead cheap for self adhesive stuff from places like Wickes, and then up a corner of the wall the same way, you then need a long drill bit and a piece of plastic tube about the same size as the drill bit, pull any carpets back in the room above and drill through the celling and floorboards above, right in the corner of the wall, stick the plastic tube through the hole you've drilled and then feed your cable up through the tube, you can then remove the tube, do the same for any walls you may have to go through.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Ethernet cable is more reliable and more consistent, and the cheaper choice..

Just depends on what's most practical for you really

If you are needing to run it upstairs and you have carpet upstairs, its pretty easy, if you have something like wooden flooring, its a bit more difficult.

just get a very long length of ethernet cable and run it along the walls through a thin piece of trunking, dead cheap for self adhesive stuff from places like Wickes, and then up a corner of the wall the same way, you then need a long drill bit and a piece of plastic tube about the same size as the drill bit, pull any carpets back in the room above and drill through the celling and floorboards above, right in the corner of the wall, stick the plastic tube through the hole you've drilled and then feed your cable up through the tube, you can then remove the tube, do the same for any walls you may have to go through.

Yeah exactly. I've just been inspecting the house seeing how im going to run it through, and in all honesty its actually pretty straightforward and easy so i'll definitely be going ahead with it. The only extra effort compared to now was that all this time the router was pretty much right next to the computer to cabling was at a minimum, but now that its changing its actually not too much of a big deal