T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[JD Austin]

Does the 5G router allow you to set up port forwarding?
Which model did you pick?


On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:30 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Am 20. Aug, 2022 schwätzte David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> > I’m going to guess not. That seems like it would be a higher-level
> function you’d have to do yourself using a smart router and subnets.
>
> I've only started looking at it.
>
> I asked the salesperson about using my own 5G card and router, he said to
> let him know if I get it working.
>
> Took entirely too long to get, but thus far it's way better than century
> link.
>
> We can also plug it in anywhere since it just needs power, not a networking
> connection.
>
> Thanks again for starting the conversation.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
> > it supports DHCP, but the lack of access to the inner logic does’t tell
> me much.
> >
> > It’s a basic “gateway appliance”. They don’t want people mucking with
> internal settings.
> >
> > (I imagine you can find some folks who have published info online about
> hacking into these devices. They probably use very common FOSS code inside.
> I mean … it’s just a router with a 5G cellular modem attached to the WAN
> port, right? I think I saw something that said they've got SnapDragon CPUs
> inside.)
> >
> > Can you do this with consumer-level devices from Cox or CenturyLink?
> >
> > -David Schwartz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 19, 2022, at 11:52 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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