[TriLUG] TWC Cable Modem requirement for +30Mbps

[Carl Crider]

The TWC installer told me, and I quote, "Good thing you have your own wfi,
because the wifi on this thing sucks." -> Referring to the Ubee. It has
been flawless as a bridge. Knock on wood. We run everything from a Linksys
E3000 router.




On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM, <Reginald.Reed at emc.com> wrote:

> Interesting.  I have the Ubee and use it in bridged mode.  It's pretty
> stable for us and I don't have any evidence that it has caused any specific
> outages.  I'm using a Linksys E4200 as my router and I routinely get 30/5.
>
> If I run into issues, I'll swap out the Ubee for the DOCSIS3 Surfboard.
>
> --Reggie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > Behalf Of William Chandler
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:14 AM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TWC Cable Modem requirement for +30Mbps
> >
> > I used my own surfboard modem on the lower speed plans but I had to get
> > the
> > Ubee modem/router when I upgraded.  It's garbage.  A quick assessment -
> > -
> > when I ran it as a bridge alone with an older WRT54GL I had a drop of
> > 5mbps
> > according speedtest.net and TWC's speed test tool.  When I used the
> > Ubee as
> > a modem/router it gave me back what dropped.  It could have been the
> > router
> > though (as it later crapped out).
> >
> > After my router crapped out I had to use the Ubee as a router full
> > time.
> > When my wife alone uses it, it'll drop on her at least once a day.
> > When I
> > use it, it drops about every 2 hours.  I'm not exactly sure where the
> > problem is.  When it drops out I stay connected on my laptop.  I can
> > ping
> > the router and other devices on the network, but can't hit the first
> > TWC
> > hop.  But from my raspberry pi, I lose connection to the wifi.  It
> > drops
> > out completely.  I also have to restart the network or do a DHCP
> > request
> > from some of my wired devices.
> >
> > I'm pretty frustrated with it.
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