[olug] Centurylink "Gigabit" my ass....

[Brian Roberson]

Correct, plus, you can't beat just using the vswitch in vmware for testing ;)

Ont -> 1gb LOM -> pfsense -> vswitch -> other testing vm's on same host





> On Jun 17, 2014, at 12:54 AM, "Aric Aasgaard" <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> 
> This guy swapped out his "gigabit switch" and go better results.
> ........but I assume you don't have consumer grade switch. 
> http://youtu.be/vFm5s4le-OY
> 
> another guy's
> http://youtu.be/ctsYO7mrTto
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aric Aasgaard [mailto:aric at omahax.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:35 AM
> To: 'Omaha Linux User Group'
> Subject: RE: [olug] Centurylink "Gigabit" my ass....
> 
> I have seen a couple 600Mb Centurylink ookla tests with it using Softlayer
> in Dallas and Towerstream in Chicago.
> 
> I can give to temporary access to a server with 1 GB connection at Joe's DC
> in Kansas City to test it with if you want.
> .....Have not benched pfSense with VMware.  I know it has no problem with
> 1Git on bare metal.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Brian Roberson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 12:21 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Centurylink "Gigabit" my ass....
> 
> 
> 
> Plenty of juice to saturate it: latest pfsense running under vmware with 4
> VCPU and 4Gb with a dedicated NIC. I've run various tests, including
> centurylink omaha based ookla tester: http://omaha.speedtest.centurylink.net
> 
> 
> Hypervisor specs:
> HP DL360p G8 E5-2650 x2 and 32Gb RAM running ESX 5.5. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 16, 2014, at 11:56 PM, Matthew Goeres <mgoeres at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What are you running as your router? I know a full gigabit speed test is
> hard to actually test, so I would be curious as to how you are doing that
> too. 
>> 
>> Some folks have it and the TV service on the other side of my
> neighborhood, but every time I have called so far they tell me they can only
> offer the 12mbps DSL. 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 16, 2014, at 11:51 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just to firm up my technical details - in case you don't want to use
> their POS modem, it is setup just like vdsl.  using pppoe on VLAN 201 (yes,
> your firewall needs to support 802.1q tagging).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> zyxel -> now gone!  Still only ~200Mb down / 50Mb up though..
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 16, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Brian Roberson <roberson at bstc.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So I finally bit the bullet and signed up for gigabit CL service to test
> the waters since I haven't heard a peep from anyone's feedback regarding it.
> I made sure I was setup on a month-month contract just in case it was bs..
> not impressed so far, the tech was cool enough, and tried his best to
> contact the right people, but for whatever reason I was only getting 150Mbps
> down / 50 Up. clearly a cap somewhere, duh!
>>>> 
>>>> Anyways, the technical details for the geeks: its GPON, one fiber, and a
> passive splitter on the wall. the goofy part, they make you use "their"
> modem, a zyxel fx1000r and it's setup for pppoe! I took 5 minutes trying to
> figure out how to just plug it right into my pfsense, but I think they are
> setup for 802.1q tagging like on vdsl, and I don't have the right laptop to
> troubleshoot what vlan it needs to be, maybe I'll throw wireshark on this
> one just to probe around.
>>>> 
>>>> In any event, after being on the phone with support, and almost throwing
> my phone at the wall, I reminded myself thats why I signed up month-month.
> It's now up to 200~Mb down, but still not symmetrical. I'll give them a day
> or three to "finish the provisioning" before I raise a stink.
>>>> 
>>>> anyone else have CL gig in west omaha? care to share your trials?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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