[SGVLUG] Recommendations for > 100 MBbs routers

[Dan Buthusiem]

I also have another Vyatta-decended router OS, VyOS, running in a VM. Runs
nicely, but it's strictly command line. The issue with that is you'll need
to throw together hardware to run it on, though a good Intel build can be
had for about $200. Most of the forums I've read rave about the
compatibility, performance, and power consumption of Intel. I just like
having my Windows laptop less exposed when connected to untrusted networks
- physically, my laptop is connected to a network, but logically, the
physical interfaces talk to a virtual router with NAT/PAT, which then talks
to a virtual NIC in Windows. I figure it should help to keep my Windows
ports a bit less vulnerable, fingers crossed.

On Aug 15, 2016 9:50 PM, "Jess Bermudes" <jbermudes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've heard a lot of praise for Ubiqiti's stuff, and have used it in the
> past and agree it's lot of bang for your buck, but I'm hesitant to give
> them my full support when they're not a good citizen of the open source
> world and actively violate the GPL:
>
> http://libertybsd.net/ubiquiti/
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> SmallNetBuilder's review of Ubiquiti's EdgeRouter Lite sold me on it,
>> since it was able to hold 950 Mbps per port at a $100 price point. My
>> Netgears aren't supposed to be able to hold much more than about 500 Mbps
>> per port WAN to LAN, so I only use them as APs. It seems WiFi goes obsolete
>> much faster than routers and switches, which is why I keep the access
>> points as separate boxes from the rest of my network - having to take down
>> my entire network for a different wireless box is annoying.
>>
>> I've got a dual WAN router I'm due to migrate off of soon, since it's
>> nearing its EOL. If you'd like to borrow the ErLite3, I've got a spare you
>> can play with for a bit. I haven't noticed anything else that beats it for
>> its price point. Their Unifi APs look very tempting, too.
>>
>> As far as your modem question, there's nothing you should need to tune. I
>> would look into its statistics page to see your speed profile, negotiated
>> rate (the fastest speed your modem can manage to the node, based on line
>> conditions), and your attenuation / noise. This way, you'll be able to see
>> if your speed issues are due to poor line conditions or possible
>> oversubscription of the node.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2016 4:51 PM, "Matthew Campbell" <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I picked up a used Cisco professional router on eBay for about the
>>> same cost as a good Linksys runs new.  For the learning experience
>>> alone it was worth every penny.
>>>
>>> Matt
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>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > The TimeWarner bundle promo ended so the rate went up so I decided to
>>> > give Giggle Fiber a try.  That's giggle with an I, not two O's.  They
>>> > bought out Champion cable in Arcadia/Monrovia so it's fiber to a node
>>> > somewhere in the the neighborhood then coax to your home.  With TWC I
>>> > was getting 80-90 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up, obviously capped for what
>>> > I was paying but we'd get drop outs constantly and the speeds would
>>> > vary so much depending on time of day.  Giggle claims on their web
>>> > site that most users get over 300 and when I talked to them last year,
>>> > they said because they do not offer cable TV and had fewer subscribers
>>> > this meant they had plenty of capacity.
>>> >
>>> > I had the installer pull a brand new cable and run it to my wiring
>>> > closet because I was keeping TWC for TV programming and phone for now
>>> > -- will try asterisk so Paul's talk was timely.
>>> >
>>> > Using Giggle, the upload is hitting 20 Mbps up but down is less than
>>> > TWC at around 50-70 Mbps which is a far cry from 200 Mbps so I was
>>> > disappointed.  Now most of my equipment is 10/100 with cat5 home run
>>> > to a wiring closet where I have the routers installed (TWC and Giggle)
>>> > which can then connect to a switch in the closet then to various drops
>>> > in the house including two with switches because I have more equipment
>>> > at those locations.
>>> >
>>> > I did upgrade one of the switches to a TP-Link SG108E which is an
>>> > 8-port 10/100/1000 smart (web) switch with speed indicator LEDs
>>> > (10/100/1000).  It has a menu option to test the connections and it
>>> > will report cable lengths in meters as well as confirm connection
>>> > speed.  Now the newest router I have is a TP-Link WDR3600 with N600 or
>>> > an older Netgear WNR200 both of which I was using when I still had
>>> > DSL.   Both have 4 gigabit ports but no indicators lights.  Measured
>>> > cable distance from remote switch to closet is 18m which is about what
>>> > I expected.
>>> >
>>> > For testing WiFi, the only AC device we haver is my son's smartphone,
>>> > everything else is G or N speed.  For wired devices, the only thing
>>> > where we could run some kind of speed test was the Xbox One and the
>>> > best speed we saw was 140 Mbs down and that was when we connecting the
>>> > Xbox directly to the modem and cycle power so it will give up an IP.
>>> > Otherwise going through the WDR3600, we're getting usually slower than
>>> > TWC for download but upload is much better which will be good for
>>> > trying to backup to the cloud.
>>> >
>>> > Now when I ordered Giggle Fiber, they suggested I get at least an
>>> > AC1900 router, the installer pretty much said the same.  I could see
>>> > doing that if we had more AC devices but since most of our equipment
>>> > is only N speed, I was hoping that my wired computers would see a nice
>>> > speed increase but I'm wondering if my older router just can't push
>>> > the data fast enough.  Is this really the case?  The TWC rented Arris
>>> > router has 4 gigabit ports and is doing better than the older router.
>>> > I have not tried the WNR2000 yet because the specs say its only
>>> > capable of N300 wireless.
>>> >
>>> > So does anyone have suggestions for replacing my old router?  I may
>>> > need to pick up another gigabit switch for the other room if replacing
>>> > the router makes a difference. And the speeds has seemed to get better
>>> > since the first day - do modems need to be tuned?
>>> >
>>> > Claude
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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