Re: Routers Part II

[Pierre Vandevenne <pierre () datarescue com>]

Good Day,

DNK> Here's the catch: If you don't cross the 9Mbps threshold, then you
DNK> can happily live at 7-8Mbps indefinitely.

Interesting - I got one of the very early "high speed" adsl connection
at home and have been, for years, limited at roughly what the modem
line analyzer was assessing as maximum performance (in other words,
there was no cap I could see) and I was getting sustained 700-750
kilobytes per seconds downloads. Recently, I've frequently noticed a
"capped" behaviour, at around 350 kilobytes per seconds sustained
downloads. Until now I thought the introduction of high definition
adsl TV in my neighbour's homes was to blame for that drop in
performance but it occurs to me that I recently revamped my home
network from a 10Mpbs backbone to a 100Mbps one. Hmmmmmm...

BTW, I never liked those all-in-one appliances and found the approach
of dedicated adsl modem/dedicated switch/dedicared wireless base to
perform better than integrated devices, the only downside being the
number of power cords and adapters...

> From a network administration point of view, I also find it much
easier to have a mini corporate structure at home. My son is 5 years
old now, but the day where I'll need firewalled subnets inside my home
is near ;-) 


-- 
Best regards,
 Pierre                            mailto:pierre () datarescue com


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