Subj : Cable modem change
To   : Janne Johansson
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Mon Dec 05 2016 09:01:04

Hello Janne,

On 05 Dec 16 09:54, Janne Johansson wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 >> 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?

 JJ> I live in .se, so the comes-with-the-housing internet is 100/100,
 JJ> which for many practical purposes doesn't feel capped at all, and is
 JJ> likely to overwhelm an RPi router.

In your case I definitely agree. However, here in the states there are still 3mb/s / 384k/s speed packages available to people that don't want to pay higher prices for more speed. I would love to have 100/100, but at the moment the highest my ISP goes is 50/5, so that's what I have.

 JJ> Especially if you want to do filtering, nat, shaping or other things
 JJ> to the traffic while passing through and not just bilndly passing
 JJ> packets over from one port to the next.

Agreed there too. However for a hobbiest with slower internet, it's at least possible. I'm not going to try it, though. :)

Regards,
Nick

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