Says in the specification of the ASUS router that it supports up to 2.5 Gbps not 10 Gbps. The 2.5 Gbps is for internet connections greater than 1 Gbps.
Then i'm sure you're right. If you plug the internet into the 10Gbps LAN port it just won't route it...
The DKT Comega 10 Gbps Gateway I linked to earlier...
https://dktcomega.com/product/10g-gateways/
Says it supports 10 Gbps Internet WAN connection and it also has a 10 Gbps LAN port. While it may not be consumer oriented with its lack of WiFi it would support a 10 Gbps Internet connection from what I can see.
You are not an ISP, the ONT (and OLT) is not worth thinking about because you have no control over it.
If you have a Gpon ONT and want to go to 10Gbps then the ONT would need upgrading, yes.
So if I’ve got this right my ISP would have to replace my Genexis 1 Gbps ONT with one like the DKT Comega 79751 which is 10 Gbps. Then either supply me with a router that’s capable of 10 Gbps over its WAN port or buy one myself.
Thing is from what I can see at the moment there’s not many consumer grade routers out there that support 10 Gbps WAN. The best I’ve seen so far is 2.5 Gbps and that was on a £ 300 + ASUS router.
There is the Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+ 36 core CPU but that’s commercial grade and costs £ 718.32 ex VAT.
So if I’ve got this right my ISP would have to replace my Genexis 1 Gbps ONT with one like the DKT Comega 79751 which is 10 Gbps. Then either supply me with a router that’s capable of 10 Gbps over its WAN port or buy one myself.
Thing is from what I can see at the moment there’s not many consumer grade routers out there that support 10 Gbps WAN. The best I’ve seen so far is 2.5 Gbps and that was on a £ 300 + ASUS router.
There is the Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+ 36 core CPU but that’s commercial grade and costs £ 718.32 ex VAT.
You have to plug the WAN port of the ONT into the WAN port of the router. You can’t plug it into one of the LAN ports otherwise it won’t route. Therefore both the ONT and the router need to support 10 Gbps over WAN if you want 10 Gbps.
So how does it route traffic from any of the other ports? I think you might want to do a little bit of research into routing and switching.