Am 20. Aug, 2022 schwätzte Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss so: moin moin Todd, > CL fiber was add to my area this spring I need to check on fiber again. > 70.00 940mbs up and down open ports no bandwith caps > there are also 250 and 500 mbs plans > I have not had to use support so far so no idea but so far it has no down > time > the only issue is my custom routers takes a hour to connect after a reboot > but I assume it is looking for the supplied router that came with the > package Oi, an hour of downtime for reboots reminds me of the 90s. ciao, der.hans > On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 7:40 AM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> >> The Tmobile device is very basic and doesn't have any of the things you'd >> expect in a wireless router. >> You can't set port forwarding and a lot of other things you can do >> normally. >> That part and the fact that I had to put it on the other side of my house >> near a window to get a decent signal was a deal breaker for me. >> JD >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:52 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> Am 19. Aug, 2022 schwätzte David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss so: >>> >>> moin moin David, >>> >>> I forgot to ask ( but presume the answer is no ), do the t-mobile devices >>> support multiple vlans? >>> >>> I would like to isolate some devices and presume I would need to provide >>> my own devices for network segregation. >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> -- >>> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org >>> # "If it's not a toy you're looking at it wrong." -- >>> der.hans--------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # "Metrosexuals notwithstanding, quiche still lacks something." -- David Brin