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 <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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > <https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss>--------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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