Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[JD Austin via PLUG-discuss]

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@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  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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss]

I'll just add that I also have T-Mobile 5G Home Internet and am able to get > 
100mbps out of the ethernet ports. When I first got it I was pulling > 450mbps 
out of it via ethernet. No way that would have happened if it were a 100mbps 
port.

Something in your chain is probably 100mbit, a switch, your ethernet card, 
something.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, at 8:57 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss 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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[der.hans via PLUG-discuss]

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  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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[der.hans via PLUG-discuss]

Am 20. Aug, 2022 schwätzte Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss so:

moin moin Todd,


CL fiber was add to my area this spring


I need to check on fiber again.


70.00 940mbs up and down open ports no bandwith caps
there are also 250 and 500 mbs plans
I have not had to use support so far so no idea but so far it has no down
time
the only issue is my custom routers takes a hour to connect after a reboot
but I assume it is looking for the supplied  router that came with the
package


Oi, an hour of downtime for reboots reminds me of the 90s.

ciao,

der.hans


On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 7:40 AM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:



The Tmobile device is very basic and doesn't have any of the things you'd
expect in a wireless router.
You can't set port forwarding and a lot of other things you can do
normally.
That part and the fact that I had to put it on the other side of my house
near a window to get a decent signal was a deal breaker for me.
JD


On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:52 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss]

CL fiber was add to my area this spring
70.00 940mbs up and down open ports no bandwith caps
there are also 250 and 500 mbs plans
I have not had to use support so far so no idea but so far it has no down
time
the only issue is my custom routers takes a hour to connect after a reboot
but I assume it is looking for the supplied  router that came with the
package

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 7:40 AM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

>
> The Tmobile device is very basic and doesn't have any of the things you'd
> expect in a wireless router.
> You can't set port forwarding and a lot of other things you can do
> normally.
> That part and the fact that I had to put it on the other side of my house
> near a window to get a decent signal was a deal breaker for me.
> JD
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:52 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[der.hans via PLUG-discuss]

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.

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.)


Good point about just being a 5G cellular modem. Wonder if we can supply
our own.


Can you do this with consumer-level devices from Cox or CenturyLink?


I have both. Both allow setting up VLANs by physical port. Both are
annoying and slow WebUI. Wifi on the CL device sucks.

ciao,

der.hans


-David Schwartz





On Aug 19, 2022, at 11:52 PM, der.hans  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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[JD Austin via PLUG-discuss]

The Tmobile device is very basic and doesn't have any of the things you'd
expect in a wireless router.
You can't set port forwarding and a lot of other things you can do normally.
That part and the fact that I had to put it on the other side of my house
near a window to get a decent signal was a deal breaker for me.
JD


On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:52 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss]

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.

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  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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[der.hans via PLUG-discuss]

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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss]

Ok, that makes more sense now

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 11:43 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have exactly two Mac Minis and a switch — all of which have 1 gig
> ethernet ports, and CAT6 cables.
>
> I also plugged my Mac Book Pro directly into the gateway with a USB3 —>
> 1GB ethernet adapter on a 12” CAT6 cable and it maxed-out at 92 Mbps.
>
> They ALL hit OVER 150 Mbps with the same ethernet cable plugged into the
> RE550 rather than the T-Mo gateway. If anything on that wire were limited
> to 100 megs, then there’s no way I’d get 150+ or 750+ Mbps through the
> RE550.
>
> FWIW, I made the mistake of ordering another device that had AC1200 WiFi
> but the description SAID “high-speed ethernet” but never said it was 1GB.
> When I got it and set it up, guess what I found? Same hardware on my end
> only got 92 Mbps through that device! I did some digging and found out the
> manufacturer makes it really hard to find out that their “high-speed
> ethernet” port is in fact a 100 Mbps port, NOT 1GB. (Plenty of others call
> their “N300” WiFi “high-speed WiFi as well”. Go figure.) I sent it back and
> got the RE550 because it clearly states it DOES have a 1GB ethernet port.
>
> Again, the fact that I can get OVER 150 Mbps from the ethernet wire
> plugged into the RE550 but only 92 Mbps with the same ethernet wire plugged
> into the T-Mo gateway is pretty telling.
>
> It’s NOT my hardware.
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know the path you're taking to test the speed, but if one of the
> devices on that path is 100. Meg and the modem is one gig. Then you only
> going to get 100 Meg when you test the speed. Try doing the trace route
> when you do the test so you know which cards are being used.
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:49 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted
>> of 92), would I?
>>
>> -David Schwartz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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@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, 

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss]

I have exactly two Mac Minis and a switch — all of which have 1 gig ethernet 
ports, and CAT6 cables.

I also plugged my Mac Book Pro directly into the gateway with a USB3 —> 1GB 
ethernet adapter on a 12” CAT6 cable and it maxed-out at 92 Mbps.

They ALL hit OVER 150 Mbps with the same ethernet cable plugged into the RE550 
rather than the T-Mo gateway. If anything on that wire were limited to 100 
megs, then there’s no way I’d get 150+ or 750+ Mbps through the RE550.

FWIW, I made the mistake of ordering another device that had AC1200 WiFi but 
the description SAID “high-speed ethernet” but never said it was 1GB. When I 
got it and set it up, guess what I found? Same hardware on my end only got 92 
Mbps through that device! I did some digging and found out the manufacturer 
makes it really hard to find out that their “high-speed ethernet” port is in 
fact a 100 Mbps port, NOT 1GB. (Plenty of others call their “N300” WiFi 
“high-speed WiFi as well”. Go figure.) I sent it back and got the RE550 because 
it clearly states it DOES have a 1GB ethernet port. 

Again, the fact that I can get OVER 150 Mbps from the ethernet wire plugged 
into the RE550 but only 92 Mbps with the same ethernet wire plugged into the 
T-Mo gateway is pretty telling.

It’s NOT my hardware.

-David Schwartz




> On Aug 18, 2022, at 11:08 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss 
>  wrote:
> 
> I don't know the path you're taking to test the speed, but if one of the 
> devices on that path is 100. Meg and the modem is one gig. Then you only 
> going to get 100 Meg when you test the speed. Try doing the trace route when 
> you do the test so you know which cards are being used.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:49 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss 
> mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> 
> wrote:
> I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted of 
> 92), would I?
> 
> -David Schwartz
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss 
>> mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 
>> mailto:plug-discuss@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 

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss]

I don't know the path you're taking to test the speed, but if one of the
devices on that path is 100. Meg and the modem is one gig. Then you only
going to get 100 Meg when you test the speed. Try doing the trace route
when you do the test so you know which cards are being used.

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:49 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted of
> 92), would I?
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> 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@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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss]

I guess that I should clarify that my current device is the round Nokia device. 
It has 2x ethernet ports on it. I’ve had it for around 2 years now.

The new one I got was their newest squarish one, the SAGEMCOM FAST 5688W 5G 
Gateway. It only has one ethernet port on it and I only got 93 Mbps DL from it.

I sent it back because it has no way to access anything inside of it. (TBH, the 
Nokia isn’t much better.)

T-Mo is doing all they can to make these simple appliances with “no 
user-serviceable features” inside. If you like tweaking stuff, their 5G 
gateways are NOT for you.

They do have another one. Which one do you have?

-David Schwartz




> On Aug 18, 2022, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> The device I received from them has a single 1 gig port which I have a 16 
> port gig switch plugged in and everything is connected with Cat 6.  I've seen 
> up to 800 Mbps.
> 
> Daniel P. Stasinski
> dan...@genericinbox.com 
> ✞ Jesus Is King ✞
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 8:57 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss 
> mailto:plug-discuss@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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[der.hans via PLUG-discuss]

Am 19. Aug, 2022 schwätzte David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss so:

moin moin David,

thanks for the report! I've been considering switching to them, but
was leary without first talking to someone who uses it.

How's the latency? I had seen report that it works well for SSH. Is that
your experience?

What about IP telephony? One would expect calls to work fine :).

I presume it's fine for watching IP TV and other things that buffer.

Are you allowed to run services?

Can you get static IP addresses?

Do they router IPv6?

Asking in case you know, thereby saving me having to explain it to a tech
support person :).

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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss]

The device I received from them has a single 1 gig port which I have a 16
port gig switch plugged in and everything is connected with Cat 6.  I've
seen up to 800 Mbps.

*Daniel P. Stasinski*
dan...@genericinbox.com
✞ *Jesus Is King *✞


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 8:57 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss]

I wouldn’t be getting 700 Mbps with the WAP/Range Extender then (insted of 92), 
would I?

-David Schwartz




> On Aug 18, 2022, at 9:40 PM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss 
>  wrote:
> 
> 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 
> mailto:plug-discuss@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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Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

[Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss]

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@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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