Subj : Cable modem change
To   : Janne Johansson
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Fri Dec 02 2016 08:06:12

Hello Janne,

On 02 Dec 16 09:38, Janne Johansson wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 >> Very good point. The RasPi only has an incoming ethernet port, no
 >> outgoing.

 JJ> That sentence doesn't really make sense.

Maybe not, but I know what I was saying. My current router has an incoming ethernet port and 4 outgoing ethernet ports. The RasPi only has one ethernet port.

 JJ> It's no problem to run more than one network on top of a single
 JJ> ethernet port, either in nasty ways by just overlaying them or with

If you want to run your network "in nasty ways" that's your choice. I choose not to.

 JJ> VLANs or tunnels. But the issue mentioned first, it being on the far
 JJ> end of a USB bus means it will have issues with high traffic rates,
 JJ> which makes it somewhat unsuitable for being a router on modern
 JJ> networks.

What kind of "high traffic rates" and how "modern" of a network are we talking here? If you're on the business end of things, sure maybe so. But for a simple household network with capped internet speeds? 

Regards,
Nick

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