[ale] USB3 to Ethernet throughput

[Boris Borisov]

They all claim to be the best and the fastest with lowest price ...

On Thursday, August 13, 2015, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> Entered my address ...
>  "It looks like GigaMonster does not currently service your community."
>
> If there were any other real choice here, I'd fire Comcast today.
>
> On 08/13/2015 03:59 PM, dev null wrote:
> > I have 1 Gb/s at $120/mo with Gigamonster in Atlanta. My somewhat old
> dual
> > core pfSense box handles it fine with snort in ips mode (had to do a bit
> of
> > tuning with preproccessors though)
> > http://www.speedtest.net/result/4429386230.png
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org <javascript:;> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
> > DJ-Pfulio
> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:52 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: [ale] USB3 to Ethernet throughput
> >
> > On 08/13/2015 02:23 PM, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> >>  Obviously you would invalidate the effort of using a PC if you still
> > resort to USB Ethernet devices.
> >
> > A Chromebook C720 using a USB3-to-GigE adapter tests to about 500 Mbps
> with
> > iperf.
> >
> > $ iperf -c istar
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Client connecting to istar, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 43.8 KByte
> > (default)
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > [  3] local 172.22.22.11 port 44658 connected with 172.22.22.20 port 5001
> > [ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
> > [  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   603 MBytes   505 Mbits/sec
> >
> >
> > Not an extensive test, but going to other machines on the network showed
> > similar results from the C720.  Those other machines test in the 940+
> Mbps
> > between each other.  As a gige router, not good enough, but as a WAN
> gateway
> > - probably fine for most of us who will never see GigE connections.
> >
> > Is anyone here signed up for the 2Gbps service from Comcsst at home for
> > $300/month + $500 install + $500 "activation" + $??? equipment fees?
> > Comcast claims 1.5M people in the Atlanta area can get this service.
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