>>>>> "RParr" == RParr <[email protected]> writes:
RParr> Located in NE Portland. I have a Century Link DSL business line RParr> (static IPs, etc.). I've had this line for over 10yrs. It's RParr> dead slow and getting worse. I also have a Comcast business RParr> line. RParr> I recently installed Century Link 1G fibre. It's up. It's RParr> working. I have my statics configured and working. My hope is RParr> to have the fibre replace both the DSL and the Comcast. RParr> I am seeking the groups opinions as to if, and how best, to RParr> proceed before switching my main connection to the 1G. RParr> 1) Speed is way better than my old line BUT it is not as fast as RParr> advertised. Using a variety of speed tests I get... RParr> Google test to Seattle server 42Mbs down / 194Mbs up / 5ms RParr> (several other speed tests gave similar results) RParr> Ookla test to Portland server 336Mbs down / 736Mbs up / 8ms RParr> DSLReports test 310Mbs down / 799Mbs up / 45ms RParr> Century Links own diagnostic speed test shows 200Mbs down / RParr> 660Mbs up RParr> Both systems currently using the Century Link fibre line see ping RParr> latency of 6ms +/- RParr> Both I and the installer were a little surprised at the down RParr> always being 1/4 to 1/2 the upload speed. He said "give it a RParr> little time and it will get faster". RParr> The upload seems great at (up to) 80% of advertised. The upload RParr> seems to indicate the line/equipment is capable. RParr> Does anyone else here have Century Link fibre? What are you RParr> seeing? Yes. Be sure you are doing speedtests on a wired connection, not wifi. >From gateway to gateway over 4 hops of CL's network (that is, a gigabit to gigabit service) using iperf3, I see upper hundreds of megabits. RParr> Would you'all complain about the "slow" download or just shut up RParr> and "be happy"? Complaining can't hurt. I think they do have peering issues. The more noise there is, the more likely it is to be corrected. RParr> 2) My plan is to switch one of my current routers, a Netgear RParr> WDNR3700 running OpenWRT, to be the router/firewall. RParr> The Century Link fibre comes into a Calix router/modem then to a RParr> ZyXEL C1100Z router. The Calix is a black box which even the RParr> installer/techs can not access (lack of access concerns me but RParr> different topic). I am assuming it is configured in bridge RParr> mode. Century Link insists the ZyXEL has to be "in the chain" so RParr> they can enter the account username/password. I can put the RParr> ZyXEL in bridge mode and connect it to my OpenWRT router. RParr> My concern is starting out with 3 routers in a chain with 2 of RParr> them in bridge mode. Is this a practical performance problem or RParr> just a theoretical problem? The Calix is what's called an ONT. You don't replace that, but you can replace the router they sell. You do pppoe on a VLAN (201). I've done that at several locations now. The WNDR3700 is probably not going to be able to route at wire-speed, based on my experience, because of inadequate CPU speed. However, there are options. The more expensive version is a PCEngines APU, which is a single board computer. A cheaper option is a router based on a MT7621. One example is the D-Link DIR860L (hw version B1). I've found them on Amazon for ~$30. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
