On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:17:24 -0800 Russell Senior <[email protected]> dijo:
>>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> writes: > >John> The bill was actually $86.76 because I signed up for their $9.99 >John> a month modem rental, intending to return it and buy my own as >John> soon as I can figure out what to buy. The paperwork says their >John> modem is a Model Number: C2100T. There is another device in >John> addition to the modem, but I don't know what it is. Someone here >John> posted that they had bought a modem for CenturyLink gigabit for >John> $50 somewhere, but I can't find the message now. Advice would be >John> appreciated. > >You need a router that can do a vlan and pppoe. The CenturyLink device >is just a wireless router with those features, no fancy demodulator >like a cable modem. I have set up a few gateway routers on CL fiber, >and I could help. One person got a D-Link DIR860L-B1 (about $30 on >amazon) and put LEDE (OpenWrt) on it, with a configuration I helped >the with. Works pretty well. > >Despite the speed claims and speed tests, downloads from actual >services tend to be much lower. I rarely see more that 30 Mbps, >although a few times I saw 200-300 Mbps. I'm not sure why, if it is >just bad peering, the other end-point not feeding fast enough, or some >kind of active throttling. I neglected to say that the CenturyLink modem connects to my Netgear 6250 gigabit router, and from the Netgear to a couple switches that then connect to my computers, laser printers, and other devices. In other words, I am not using the router features of the modem. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
