From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason T. Slack-Moehrle Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:00 AM To: pfSense support and discussion Subject: Re: [pfSense] pfSense help with creating rules Hi Nathan, > Anyways, didn't mean to hijack the OP! Interested to see if Comcast is actually handing him a /29, or just 5 IPs out of a bigger subnet, and if they'll route that /29 to him. I am a little confused at how I would know if they are handing me a /29 or just 5 IP's? range: 75.xx.xx.25 - .29 subnet: 255.255.255.248 (which is /29, IIRC) GW: 75.xx.xx.30 I have trouble ticket in as well as an e-mail to my sales rep who works directly for their head of Operations, so I am hoping brining in the big brass will help me get this going today. On the other hand, I explored Sonic.net and they are willing to run a 3/3Mbps symmetrical ethernet service with free setup and a free Cisco 2600, 16 IP's and they said yes to a routed subnet /30 no problem, no additional charge. But I am confused. Can anyone explain to me which is really a better deal? Comcast 50 x 10 for $169/mo or Snnic.net 3/3mbps $274/mo I get that Comcast is faster, but it is shared traffic, right? Where this 3/3mbps would be all dedicated to me? I still dont understand a real world speed comparison though. Can anyone explain a bit about measuring traffic? We are an NPO, we create datasets and allow users to crawl the web for topics of interest and we work that data for them. We are going live here soon. If anyone wants more details about what we do and how we are going to do it and the hardware we are thinking about, ask. I'd love to chat. -Jason Comcast is faster, but is not dedicated. You should always get the same speeds (or reasonable close) with Snnic. You may also have an SLA with Snnic. I am sure you don't have that with Comcast. That said, all use ISP's are shared traffic. It is either shared via the same wire, or with DLS shared at the DSLAM or in all cases shared at the head office. It is very difficult for an ISP with say 1,000 customers at 10megs each to pay for a 10G so they can all have dedicated traffic. This gets worse as the number goes up. ISP's understand that not all users will use the bandwidth at the same time so they have way less than they sell. For instance one service provider here locally has a single OS3 (45Meg) link and offers a 6 meg internet connection. They have a couple of hundred users. 200 x 6 = 1.2 Gigs. Way less than what they have. However, the 45Meg link is very rarely saturated. The better business oriented ISP's will prioritize business customers over residential customers and have a lower ration of what's sold to what's available. I can tell you that Comcast Business in South Louisiana has a very good service and I have never measured less than 10 down and 4 up. This beats your 3/3 hands down. The same may not be able to true in your area as every area is different. Comcast does not however offer to have a routed subnet as you are asking. The provide 5 ip addresses that you can access directly on their modem. You can get 14 address and subnet yourself, but that really waist a lot of IP addresses. You could also setup to Bridge the DMZ and WAN and run a filtered bridge setup. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6874 (20120210) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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