From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bifrost.lang.hm (lang.hm [66.167.227.134]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B29F53B2A4 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2017 15:11:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from dlang-laptop ([10.2.0.162]) by bifrost.lang.hm (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id v13KBILI003864; Fri, 3 Feb 2017 12:11:18 -0800 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 12:11:18 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang-laptop To: Rich Brown cc: bloat In-Reply-To: <43078D05-5D0E-49D0-B467-A414EDD334FE@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <18360404-E05A-4E0F-80E4-DB24056F8A2C@gmail.com> <43078D05-5D0E-49D0-B467-A414EDD334FE@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20.17 (DEB 179 2016-10-28) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [Bloat] I wrote a blog entry about devices I know of out there... X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 20:11:22 -0000 On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, Rich Brown wrote: >> On Feb 3, 2017, at 2:50 PM, David Lang wrote: >> >> On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, Rich Brown wrote: >> >>> Friends in town say that Fairpoint recommends a Zyxel VMG4380-B10A modem for bonded pairs. They seem to have fairly good luck with it. >> >> I've got a VMG4325-B10A and it's horrific, still running a 2.6 kernel. I routinely have several seconds of buffering on my upload. according to the Zyxel site, the 4380 has a coax connection. > > Yes, that's why it makes sense to stick LEDE in series with the Zyxel, to let LEDE handle the queueing. the trouble is that to do this, you have to set the outbound speed well below the actual speed, and when you only have 2Mb to start with... > I've actually never seen a Zyxel, so can't speak to the connectors. Hmmm... > The Zyxel specs at > https://www.zyxel.com/me/en/promotions/promotion_20130416_076615_me_en.shtml > show the 4380 as having both a GbE connector (as if... :-) and a coax HPNA > connector. Yes, this series has a Gig-E as well as the DSL/Coax WAN connector(s) It's really a horrible, overbuffered, limited firmware from the factory (the "firewall" has three settings for example) I'm looking for a replacement for it, and when you spoke of people recommending it, I have to disagree with them. David Lang