Recent content by Just Checking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS According to the above Wiki, the maximum throughput for a DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem (32X8) should be 1372.16Mbps Down/245.76Mbps Up. I have seen other people post in this forum that they have 1Gbps Down/1Gbps Up. They also post numbers for upload speeds in...

Yes, I expected that. I was just checking out the possibility that Comcast might not have disabled that feature because so few non-commercial cable modems have multiple Ethernet ports. I had multiple IP addresses on my DSL service for several years because CenturyLink did not disable that...

I found a refurbished Motorola MB8600 for US$114 (through Amazon). The MSRP is US$158. The unit I got was in the original box and looked new. It was just missing the ethernet cable and cable wrench (neither of which I use anyway). I bought it because of the low price for a DOCSIS 3.1 cable...

www.seaportshop.com The price was US$99.98 with free shipping and no tax as of 21 September 2017. I was somewhat leery of them but paid securely to minimize risk. I placed the order on a Thursday and received the modem on Sunday (must have used Amazon to fulfill the order). I also took a...

Merlin, Thanks for taking the time to respond to these posts. Do you really think that an RT-AC86U router with OpenVPN implementation will be able to provide 200Mbps with AES-128-CBR, SHA-1, RSA-2048 encryption? Does that router allow me to put John's Fork firmware or other DD-WRT/Tomato...

I like the NetGear CM600 24X8 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem for services under 1Gbps and no telephony enabled. It uses a Broadcom chipset and the reviews are extremely good with very few problems reported (purchase a new one with the latest firmware ver 1.0.1.4 which addresses some security issues)...

Having two Ethernet ports is great if you want to have a modem capable of link aggregation. Comcast offers Gigabit Pro in certain areas now. That service is 2Gbps Down, 2Gbps Up. The representative that I talked to said it was very expensive and not available in my area at this time...

I just switched from DSL to Cable (Comcast) and my research led me to the NetGear CM600 as the modem. During the process of getting the system set up and getting the speed service I paid for (250Mbps/25Mbps), I found out that the cable companies send a profile to the modem which changes...

The test results I provided are with the PIA VPN implemented directly on the server, not in the router. I am not sure where I can find a "consumer class" router with a CPU clocked at 3.2GHz. The fastest CPU in a consumer router I have found is a 1.8GHz Dual Core. From what a previous post...

Wow! I am envious that you are able to get 350Mbps UP. The maximum DSL service I am able to get is 40Mbps Down and 20Mbps Up. According to the ISP (Centurylink), Gigabit speeds will not be available in my area for several years (if ever). The fastest Cable service available to me is 1Gbps...

Reply: I am using the desktop app on the server. I have not been successful implementing OpenVPN on my main router, yet. I looked at the website of the StrongVPN provider but was able to get information on the levels of encryption used. The VPN rating articles that I found do not list...

Merlin, Thanks for the Reply. I do not use QOS on any Router or Access Points because of problems I previously encountered with getting all clients to connect easily and the desire to minimize overhead on the router CPU. I ran the test using the PIA provided software directly on the PC (Lenova...

I am using PIA now and I am looking at other suppliers because of the speed hit. I just switched to a new ISP and service that gives me 290+Mbps Down and 25+Mbps Up (according to speedtest.net). When I turn on the PIA VPN on my PC (Xeon 1225v3, 4-core, 3.2GHz processor, SATAIII busses, 32GB...

I updated from 18E3 to 19E3 on some Asus RT-AC68 routers and everything was fine. When I updated an RT-AC66 router I lost the 5GHz radio. I tried flashing the 19E3 firmware again with no success. I tried flashing the 18E3 firmware to go back and the 5GHz radio was still gone. I flashed...

I run/administer quite a few Plex Servers on Networks for myself, family, friends, and clients. Most of these Plex Servers are on network that use Asus RT-N66, RT-AC66, RT-AC68, and one that uses an RT-AC87 router. Only the network that uses the RT-AC87 router uses the RMerlin firmware. I...