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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    There is information in the UBNT Forums about the Cavium bug. I have not looked in several months, but if I remember correctly what it does is process bits out of order. Since PPPoE is a single threaded process, it doesn't work and then re transmits, thus slowing the connection down and...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    After trying several of their devices, I would suspect you get the same overlay of their configuration tools - in other words, easy to configure and most people will be happy, but now that I have this pfSense unit working well, I am not switching it out. I'll take the below - and get much more...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    Yes - excellent point. Since PPPoE is implemented as a single threaded instance, quad cores don't help you much anyway.
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    The first thing you should try is the port block - you will need to look at advanced options on the firewall settings, look at firewall rules and then see if you can block Port 3074. The pfSense router option is much more complicated. If you don't understand what ESXi is you probably shouldn't...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    You need to block port 3074 in UPnP policy - otherwise the Xboxes will never reliably get to Open NAT. I had the C1100Z in place and you can't easily isolate port 3074 to be blocked - the CenturyLink built in security that is Low, Medium and High, has a combined policy for ports 53, 3074 and...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    If you just put a router in the DMZ, you will end up with double NAT, that is the exact same situation I was in. Those Xboxes will show moderate or strict NAT and half the time you won't be able to connect to sessions. What you have is a router, it is not performing 'modem' duties - it is a...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    Just thought I would update this thread in case someone is looking in the future. I purchased a Qotom Core i5 box which is really a fanless PC with 8GB of RAM and 64GB SSD. It has 4 Intel i211 chipset ethernet ports, which on paper look to be amazing. The box was $300, so a little more than...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    No problem - I appreciate the feedback. I did get a piece of advice on the PFsense forum - to install ESXi and then leverage the virtualized VMNET3 driver for the network. Hadn't thought of that before. If that works, I'll post it for future searchers. What that will hopefully do is make it...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    Yes, and I have gotten every one of the routers I have tried to work without the C1100Z. The problem is, I have the full gigabit speed, just like the link mentions. And, unlike a lot of people, I can use that whole bandwidth. 7 kids plus home automation and some other devices crush most...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    Unfortunately, on fiber there is not a way to do transparent bridging, not like on a DSL connection. The link is active from the ONT and what comes into your home is pure ethernet. In order for the connection to work, you need VLAN tagging and PPPoE. If you keep the ISP device in play, you...
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    Best option for CenturyLink Gigabit fiber

    So, I have been trying for the last couple of months to come up with an optimal solution for improving my CenturyLink Gigabit fiber. I have the CL ZyXel C1100Z. Terribly slow interface, but accelerates PPPoE well and if all I was doing was browsing the web, this might be good along with a...
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