T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

Fri Aug 19 09:17:42 MST 2022

Ok, that makes more sense now

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:43 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have exactly two Mac Minis and a switch — all of which have 1 gig
> ethernet ports, and CAT6 cables.
>
> I also plugged my Mac Book Pro directly into the gateway with a USB3 —>
> 1GB ethernet adapter on a 12” CAT6 cable and it maxed-out at 92 Mbps.
>
> They ALL hit OVER 150 Mbps with the same ethernet cable plugged into the
> RE550 rather than the T-Mo gateway. If anything on that wire were limited
> to 100 megs, then there’s no way I’d get 150+ or 750+ Mbps through the
> RE550.
>
> FWIW, I made the mistake of ordering another device that had AC1200 WiFi
> but the description SAID “high-speed ethernet” but never said it was 1GB.
> When I got it and set it up, guess what I found? Same hardware on my end
> only got 92 Mbps through that device! I did some digging and found out the
> manufacturer makes it really hard to find out that their “high-speed
> ethernet” port is in fact a 100 Mbps port, NOT 1GB. (Plenty of others call
> their “N300” WiFi “high-speed WiFi as well”. Go figure.) I sent it back and
> got the RE550 because it clearly states it DOES have a 1GB ethernet port.
>
> Again, the fact that I can get OVER 150 Mbps from the ethernet wire
> plugged into the RE550 but only 92 Mbps with the same ethernet wire plugged
> into the T-Mo gateway is pretty telling.
>
> It’s NOT my hardware.
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know the path you're taking to test the speed, but if one of the
> devices on that path is 100. Meg and the modem is one gig. Then you only
> going to get 100 Meg when you test the speed. Try doing the trace route
> when you do the test so you know which cards are being used.
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:49 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted
>> of 92), would I?
>>
>> -David Schwartz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Are you sure it's not your nic or a switch on your network that's 100mb ?
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 8:57 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I dunno if anybody here has T-Mobile Home Internet, but I do and I
>>> really like it. I only have one beef: the spec sheet for their
>>> modem/gateway says it has 2x 1 gigabit ethernet ports, but they’re only 100
>>> Megs. In case anybody else might want to consider them as an ISP and has a
>>> 1GB LAN to connect, I’ve solved the speed dilemma.
>>>
>>> First off, I’ve been round and round with their tech support folks lying
>>> about it for two years, and was recently told that they were going to be
>>> releasing a new device soon and it def. WOULD have 1 Gb ports.
>>>
>>> Well, they announced a new one (two, actually), and I got one and … once
>>> again the spec sheet SAYS 1 gigabit ethernet but the performance says nope
>>> — it’s still only 100 megs. WTF? I guess this lets them shave a couple of
>>> bucks off of the hardware cost. Actually, I’m not even sure why they bother
>>> to include the slow ethernet ports at all.
>>>
>>> (In a way this is really quite amusing, because prior to this, most
>>> modem/gateways have crappy WiFi and speedy ethernet — especially those from
>>> Cox and CenturyLink.)
>>>
>>> I don’t know how a big company like T-Mo gets away misrepresenting a
>>> product like this for so long. Why can’t they just SAY they’re 100 meg
>>> ethernet ports?
>>>
>>> Anyway, I finally got fed-up and bought a TP-Link RE550 AC1900 WAP/Range
>>> Extender and configured it so I can plug my local 1 GB ethernet LAN wire
>>> into it and connect to the T-Mo gateway via WiFi.
>>>
>>> To be sure, the T-Mo gateway’s WiFi is FAST! I’ve seen speeds up to 870
>>> Mbps. The ethernet, OTOH, never exceeds 93 Mbps.
>>>
>>> With the RE550 plugged in, my Mac minis connected to the LAN now get 750
>>> Mbps DL and 78 Mbps UL. WHOA! That’s 5x DL and 2x UL faster than I got via
>>> the wired connection. (Actually, the newer 2018 Mac Mini gets that; the
>>> older one from 2014 only gets 180 Mbps DL and 65 Mbps UL.)
>>>
>>> And in case anybody is wondering why I use a wired LAN, it’s so the two
>>> Mac Minis can talk. I have the new one configured so I can access the old
>>> one via Screen Sharing on a dedicated Space (virtual desktop). When I do
>>> that over WiFi, the connection is intolerably slow for me; but with the
>>> wired connection, it’s quite reasonable.
>>>
>>> BTW, I dropped Cox a couple of years back and cut my monthly TV +
>>> Internet bill by quite a bit by switching to T-Mo’s Home Internet ($50/mo)
>>> and a couple of internet channels (Discovery+ and Philo).
>>>
>>> T-Mo’s Home Internet has been far more stable, consistently faster, and
>>> has fewer dropouts than any other ISP I’ve ever used. I highly recommend
>>> it. Just … if you need to connect a wired LAN, get something like a fast
>>> WAP/Range Extender to act as a LAN-to-WiFi bridge.
>>>
>>> -David Schwartz
>>>
>>>
>>>
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