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CrazyLittle posted:Yeah, At least it's not Comcast? Their "2gig" internet service is a 10gig fiber handoff with 2gig limit on the port, and even though they're charging a premium $300/mo for it, they still enforce their monthly data caps. I too want to live in a world where SATA III would bottleneck the internet connection.
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# ? May 22, 2018 22:21 |
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# ? May 31, 2024 22:26 |
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OMG what router are you using?
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# ? May 22, 2018 22:54 |
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redeyes posted:OMG what router are you using? That was through an Edgerouter Infinity, but no NAT. Also it's not home service of course eames posted:
No hard disks were harmed during the making of this test (speedtest.net / ookla's software shouldn't actually write to disk) CrazyLittle fucked around with this message at 00:22 on May 23, 2018 |
# ? May 22, 2018 23:58 |
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Ah gotcha. Hell of a router regardless.
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# ? May 23, 2018 00:01 |
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CrazyLittle posted:Yeah, At least it's not Comcast? Their "2gig" internet service is a 10gig fiber handoff with 2gig limit on the port, and even though they're charging a premium $300/mo for it, they still enforce their monthly data caps. Maybe I need to put the Linksys E3000 back in the OP for this type of connection.
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# ? May 23, 2018 00:55 |
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What kind of data cap is that anyways? Can you blow through it in a day?
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# ? May 23, 2018 00:58 |
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redeyes posted:What kind of data cap is that anyways? Can you blow through it in a day? Comcast enforces a 1TB per month plan. Yes you probably could blow through 1TB at 2gbps in about 10-15 minutes if the remote side and all connections between allowed full use of that speed. 1TB = 1024GB 1024GB / 2GBPS = 512sec or ~8.6min not counting protocol overhead or latency. If you're asking about the 10gig speedtest result I posted, there's no data cap. It's 10gbps fiber at a commercial data center, connected to a internet backbone provider.
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# ? May 23, 2018 01:08 |
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Ah ok. Makes more sense now. Ive hit around 8TB in one month on Comcast business class. No one seemed to care.
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# ? May 23, 2018 01:44 |
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I've been having intermittent modem bed-making GBS threads for 4 days now. I have fairly standard OP equipment (SB6183/Archer C5) and am getting fatal T4 timeouts about once every 45 minutes I've had a tech here twice, to no avail. My provider Spectrum (formerly TWC) is running a 7 day "study" of my internet where engineers will examine what's going on wrt my line and my building's service, and call me back on the 8th day with findings and steps. Is this a thing..?
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I've been having intermittent modem bed-making GBS threads for 4 days now. I have fairly standard OP equipment (SB6183/Archer C5) and am getting fatal T4 timeouts about once every 45 minutes I've had a tech here twice, to no avail. My provider Spectrum (formerly TWC) is running a 7 day "study" of my internet where engineers will examine what's going on wrt my line and my building's service, and call me back on the 8th day with findings and steps. Is this a thing..? This can be a thing. Tracing the problem is important. Could be anything from a bad cable connection to the modem just making GBS threads itself or the router having issues. I've lived in places where the high humidity corroded the copper connections at the wall socket. I used to go through a lot of ADSL modems with the solution ending up buying a decent modem with proper cooling. I'm still using the modem I bought at the time I posted this thread (until I get a fibre install towards the end of this year).
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# ? May 23, 2018 04:38 |
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I haven't been following this thread in awhile since I last purged my bookmarks... I'm stuck in the recommending-a-family-member-a-router hell. He's a pretty technical guy just doesn't know much about networking stuff so I'm thinking a USG would be a good thing. I came to double check the OP and noticed it wasn't in there, but I seem to recall people liking the USG ok last time I was reading the thread...particularly because of the integration with the controller software for the unifi access points. Yes or no on the USG?
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Thermopyle posted:I haven't been following this thread in awhile since I last purged my bookmarks... Best thing I ever did for my parents. USG, UniFi AP, UniFi switch. A bit more expensive versus an all-in-one but for central management/monitoring/etc it's so loving worth it.
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# ? May 23, 2018 19:29 |
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Do they already have a UniFi controller somewhere and are comfortable with the UI? I wouldn't recommend a USG to somebody who wasn't already a UniFi user if I wanted to not have to talk to them about it again.
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I already had one running. The goal shouldn't be "let me show you how to login to the controller," the goal should be "plug this box into this box, here's your wifi password."
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# ? May 23, 2018 19:53 |
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The OP says SurfBoards are supposed to last a long time. I've had mine for 2 years and TWC (Spectrum) is telling me they think my connection issues are modem related, even though I'm getting T4 timeouts. Thoughts? E: TWC said I definitely need a new modem. I'm in a very crowded area (NYC) and my "plan" is the 200mbps plan. Is it worth it to go up an extra $30 and get the SB6190 for the 32x8? Good Will Hrunting fucked around with this message at 20:35 on May 23, 2018 |
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Good Will Hrunting posted:The OP says SurfBoards are supposed to last a long time. I've had mine for 2 years and TWC (Spectrum) is telling me they think my connection issues are modem related, even though I'm getting T4 timeouts. Thoughts? SB6190 has the flawed Puma chipset; avoid that one. SB6183 is more than fine for 200Mbps; upgrade pick would be the more-expensive SB8200.
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# ? May 23, 2018 20:53 |
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Thermopyle posted:Yes or no on the USG? The USG is fine for that use. The cut back interface features on the USG won't matter. The edgerouters in the OP are good if you are going to use the interface regularly and need to squeeze every last bit of performance out of a gigabit fibre connection.
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Thanks Ants posted:Do they already have a UniFi controller somewhere and are comfortable with the UI? I wouldn't recommend a USG to somebody who wasn't already a UniFi user if I wanted to not have to talk to them about it again. No, but they're technical enough to figure it out just like I did. Personally I like the UniFi interface a lot more than the edgerouter interface. (i have both) Devian666 posted:The USG is fine for that use. The cut back interface features on the USG won't matter. The edgerouters in the OP are good if you are going to use the interface regularly and need to squeeze every last bit of performance out of a gigabit fibre connection. Maybe a note about it in the OP? Dunno if thats a good idea or not...
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astral posted:SB6190 has the flawed Puma chipset; avoid that one. SB6183 is more than fine for 200Mbps; upgrade pick would be the more-expensive SB8200. Went with the 83 and via Speedtest I'm getting over the 200Mbps I pay for on my wireless network, but my wired network is now making GBS threads the bed (I have an Archer and I'm using a power-line adapter to get to my room). My ping is fine on both (roughly 10-20ms) but my downloads on wireless.. woof. E: My internet has stopped working again, even with the new modem Spectrum told me to purchase. I am quite livid right now, as it will be day 4 of them coming to attempt to fix things they have no idea how to fix clearly. Good Will Hrunting fucked around with this message at 01:50 on May 24, 2018 |
# ? May 24, 2018 00:40 |
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Welp https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/hackers-infect-500000-consumer-routers-all-over-the-world-with-malware/ quote:Hackers possibly working for an advanced nation have infected more than 500,000 home and small-office routers around the world with malware that can be used to collect communications, launch attacks on others, and permanently destroy the devices with a single command, researchers at Cisco warned Wednesday. The actual advisory https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html quote:Hard to protect
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# ? May 24, 2018 06:26 |
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Thermopyle posted:Maybe a note about it in the OP? Dunno if thats a good idea or not... For most cases it's not the best choice. I did think about adding it in January but decided against it. I'll add to my list to reconsider. Literally checked my NAS to make sure it has the latest firmware. It's firewalled, requires login and has antivirus. I like the advice given in the article to change default passwords and disable remote administration. Seriously companies should ship with a custom password like I've seen on ASUS routers and remote admin should be off by default on consumer devices.
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My apartment building just signed a contract with Google Webpass, so I signed up immediately after they started accepting applicants from my building. I’ve been having a problem with my throughput, though. I get about 930Mbps up and down when connected directly into the wall, but once I hook up my router (a 5 year old Asus RT-AC68P), I’m only getting 300Mbps over Wifi. I’ve tried changing all the settings to what’s recommended by people who weren’t having any issues with their 1 gigabit connections with the router. I’ve tried changing the Wifi channel around depending on what I’ve noticed other people in my building have been using. I’ve also tried different firmware versions and even installed Asuswrt-Merlin and played around with the various settings some more. None of this has helped me get past around 300-400Mbps. I can’t figure it out and it’s incredibly frustrating. Is this an issue with my router? Should I look into upgrading to something else to maximize my throughput?
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# ? May 24, 2018 07:12 |
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It appears that it's the maximum wireless throughput based on this review and testing. https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wir...howall=&start=2
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ihatepants posted:but once I hook up my router (a 5 year old Asus RT-AC68P), I’m only getting 300Mbps over Wifi. What do you get through your ASUS when wired to the router?
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Devian666 posted:It appears that it's the maximum wireless throughput based on this review and testing. Huh. Could have sworn the forum posts I saw on snb said people were able to get close to 1Gbps on wireless, but I guess they were just talking about wired. In any case, since I’ll be looking for a new router, it looks like the ER-X will also top out at about 500-600Mbps. Does the Edgerouter Lite have the same limitation? CrazyLittle posted:What do you get through your ASUS when wired to the router? 660Mbps down/350 up, so a bit faster than wireless. ihatepants fucked around with this message at 07:40 on May 24, 2018 |
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# ? May 24, 2018 07:31 |
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ER Lite is stated to being able to reach up to 950 mbps. Ubiquiti's marketing states 1 million packets per second but that's a very cultivated throughput figure.
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# ? May 24, 2018 07:48 |
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ihatepants posted:660Mbps down/350 up, so a bit faster than wireless. Yeah so even if you did get the wifi to work at full router speed, you're still capped at 660/350. But don't get your hopes up anyways. The fastest throughput you can get with 80mhz wide channels is roughly 600mbps (with 100% signal strength at 1300mbps PHY connect rate) and that requires that you're using an access point or router with 3x3 MIMO and a laptop that ALSO has 3x3 MIMO
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# ? May 24, 2018 08:31 |
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Devian666 posted:ER Lite is stated to being able to reach up to 950 mbps. Ubiquiti's marketing states 1 million packets per second but that's a very cultivated throughput figure. If the USG can, the ER Lite can. CrazyLittle posted:USG's plenty adequate for 1gig internet service, BTW
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# ? May 24, 2018 08:51 |
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I'm thinking of getting a couple T-Mobile AC1900 routers, but I'm worried about the lastest firmware from Asus apparently loving up the flash and permanently disabling the Ai Mesh features. Would using Merlin bypass this issue?
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# ? May 24, 2018 09:06 |
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Wasabi the J posted:I'm thinking of getting a couple T-Mobile AC1900 routers, but I'm worried about the lastest firmware from Asus apparently loving up the flash and permanently disabling the Ai Mesh features. Wild card: do the hex edit firmware dump method and install tomato on it instead.
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# ? May 24, 2018 09:54 |
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Sorry I'm not versed in SHSC jokes. Is this a serious option or something silly? Merlin doesn't support meshing, and that's what I really want. My house had the coax dropped in at my library off in my bedroom, and most of our internet happens at the living room, which there are at least five walls in the way, including a long hallway wall nearly parallel the LOS to the router. I know how to terminate RG6 and CAT5 but there's not a ton of great options to get it up through my attic. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 14:56 on May 24, 2018 |
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It's a serious option, check out the giant post in the first reply here regarding how to do it. https://slickdeals.net/f/9330575-asus-tm-ac1900-wireless-ac1900-dual-band-gigabit-router-59-free-shipping I actually did it with all the tools/stuff they linked throughout the post and the most time consuming part was to wait for the router to reboot. Otherwise it's pretty straightforward and only took about 30 minutes. Also check out tomato's features to see if it does what you want, or else I personally prefers tomato firmware such as the shibby tomato branch due to how stable they are.
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# ? May 24, 2018 22:09 |
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CrazyLittle posted:If the USG can, the ER Lite can. That's pretty cool.
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# ? May 25, 2018 01:14 |
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ER-lite and ER-X can definitely do gigabit routing. As long as you are using all the hardware offloaded stuff.
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# ? May 25, 2018 02:03 |
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Gigabit routing is fine. My reference to the 1 million packets per second is a jab at the unrealistic benchmarking their marketing team has used.
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# ? May 25, 2018 03:36 |
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Devian666 posted:Gigabit routing is fine. My reference to the 1 million packets per second is a jab at the unrealistic benchmarking their marketing team has used. It's more realistic than Cisco, for what it's worth.
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# ? May 25, 2018 09:06 |
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CrazyLittle posted:It's more realistic than Cisco, for what it's worth. This sounds worth investigating. e: Oh yeah the most disorganised and poorly planned point to point wireless setup I've ever seen. I should put a Linus Tech Tips warning as well because it's kind of infuriating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJFwXw1ZIc Devian666 fucked around with this message at 09:17 on May 25, 2018 |
# ? May 25, 2018 09:13 |
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What are the recommendations for routers for VPN speed? I was looking to get the Edgerouter pro but after some googling I'm seeing post about VPN speeds of ~50Mb/s for openvpn. Some Asus routers seems to be getting 250Mb/s. So what is the cheapest router I can get that will give over 100Mb/s over OpenVPN?
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# ? May 25, 2018 15:47 |
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FSMC posted:What are the recommendations for routers for VPN speed? I was looking to get the Edgerouter pro but after some googling I'm seeing post about VPN speeds of ~50Mb/s for openvpn. Some Asus routers seems to be getting 250Mb/s. So what is the cheapest router I can get that will give over 100Mb/s over OpenVPN? Run pfsense on a VM somewhere in your house, let that be the router. A single x86 core will be better than most cheap ARM / MIPS options. Alternatively, you could get a Mikrotik RB3011.
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FSMC posted:What are the recommendations for routers for VPN speed? I was looking to get the Edgerouter pro but after some googling I'm seeing post about VPN speeds of ~50Mb/s for openvpn. Some Asus routers seems to be getting 250Mb/s. So what is the cheapest router I can get that will give over 100Mb/s over OpenVPN? Asus routers are a bit weird, the AC-86U has AES-NI and does well with VPN, but the higher end 87 and 88u does not, so the 86u actually outperforms them. All three though seem overpriced to me.
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