T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Bob Elzer]

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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