Given this little detail I have to answer it's normal.
I have a brand new RT-N66U Asus router. it has a 4gb lan / 1gb lan connection. without the router, my computer gets 175mbs straight the modem. with the router, my computer gets 90-100mbs.
is there some sort of limiter on routers now?

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