increase throughput by linking 100mbps ports

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Hello,

I was recently upgraded to a 300 mbps ethernet link from my ISP but the device I use hAP ac lite TC only has 100 mbps ports. So currently I only get about 90-95 megabits speeds due to port limitation.

I also have a RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN lying around, which has five gigabit ports, but it doesn’t have WiFi radio ever since a lightning strike hit it a few years back. It is currently just a gigabit router / switch.

I wonder whether there is a way to plug the ISP cable to one of the gigabit ports on the RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN, and then connect that with 2 or 3 cables to the hAP ac lite in order to get the full 300 mbps throughput (or anything above 100 mbps would be nice). I’m thinking of bonding or similar approach.

I know it’d be a lot easier to just buy another AP with gigabit ports and 5GHz WiFi radio but I’m hoping that there’s a way to utilize my existing equipment.

Thanks!

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Yes you can use bonding to do this! But even if you do this you will not get never more thane 100Mbps in WiFi of hAP AC Lite

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Thanks a lot for the reply! I tried bonding with 802.3ad mode and managed to get to 160-165 mbps on the 5Ghz radio of the hap ac lite - quite unexpected! While still about half the 300 mbps, it will do for time being :slight_smile:

Could you pls suggest which mikrotik AP can get me all the way up to 300 on wifi?

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I would suggest HAP AC2, cheaper but more powerful than HAP AC (which I own).

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Adding more info: I had to use balance-rr mode for the bonding interface, otherwise the outgoing traffic will only use 1 of the interfaces (and is thus limited to 100 mbps). I now achieve ~220 megabits per second download speed / 140 megabits upload, on the cheap hap ac lite. Better than what I was hoping for :slight_smile: