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 <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 >> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org <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 >> <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://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=SJEG7TF39YLaAIMD0HhsfC6E-2FcJXOs2D1VhGcvn2YkObFLMBOC3gmante55BOqf2F-2ByuZjZxeWAcK3DSlXP4Xtp4dQImX1G2Oq-2BQoN6woQ4-3DF8-z_o-2BjQxMsWfboH-2B-2BcY2qb3IYCoqvthnvff9ftZz0pNEJ2tF1jbVlVBtrlaPYq4av3GyvkZWIvqEm7GdGNOHapVj2I5pD7LBGNbtLBZQU4mSPdO6T0v5mSAnr7gY46QBKkHjlS03ODTYj-2FTFVq-2FQmB1-2FG9R1SwMccEXhrZowzY0pnKRx0z-2FnCyoGk7yQK3LGOw6AFuA6MOs9ivV66RBUT5HKp51Q9P7NHN-2B7grlfROUJhc-3D>--------------------------------------------------- >> 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://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=SJEG7TF39YLaAIMD0HhsfC6E-2FcJXOs2D1VhGcvn2YkObFLMBOC3gmante55BOqf2F-2ByuZjZxeWAcK3DSlXP4Xtp4dQImX1G2Oq-2BQoN6woQ4-3DCLhm_o-2BjQxMsWfboH-2B-2BcY2qb3IYCoqvthnvff9ftZz0pNEJ2tF1jbVlVBtrlaPYq4av3GyvkZWIvqEm7GdGNOHapVj4D7qOI1-2Fz-2FIjYDCTi4vVeFf-2FiFyTa9tuaIlH4ZldOi5PYbSRepEV7znvIQVAIMAMaL4qOawtGdjLh0rjNSnncSGcz-2FzMQvfm-2BCGyZU8SAYDO-2FoEBfq-2FzGsH4oRLXqbeC5uoA8ySw9C9CRkj4w85oxg-3D> > --------------------------------------------------- > 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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