Re: [OM] OT: Throttled speed on ethernet extender

[Paul Haigney]

Apart from doing commercial photography on the side for several years 
back in the day whilst my day job was in IT & netcomms so I still keep 
abreast of things, got 1GB fibre in a few months
ago & whilst I knew I wouldn't achieve that speed in real life I used 
this to negotiate a 1/2 price 12mth plan @ €42 per mth incl phone with 
the assurance I can haggle again when the 12th plan is finished, we have 
lots of competitors in the ISP market here in Ireland & the threat of 
switching suppliers always works.
On 11/01/2024 15:19, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
> At 1/11/2024 08:10 AM, I wrote:
> > At 1/11/2024 02:47 AM, Paul wrote:
> > > I always use the supplied modem/router in bridge mode & allow my own router to 
> > > handle everything, In my experience the company supplied equipment isn't great.
> > I would be very cautious with this approach...
> >
> > At one time I tried to use bridge mode in order to use my own Linux router. 
> > Unfortunately that bridge mode essentially told the internet I was wide open on 
> > all ports, so my custom Linux router on the other side was swamped.
> >
> > I would think twice about what bridge mode does for the supplied router.
> PS, I am on cable now. My solution instead of bridge mode was: to buy my own 
> Motorola docsis cable modem and have my Linux router directly connected, and 
> not tell the world all my doors are wide open.
>
> If one is forced to use company supplied router, I would suggest working with 
> it. Some often have a tech support port open and cannot be disabled. I'm in the 
> Schnozz nerdy camp.
>
> WayneS
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