Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:26:37 -0500 From: David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> To: Steven Friedrich <steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Cable Modems for Large Networks Message-ID: <CAHAXwYAN1CFJcQkykwBA=JrSPWie8F9e7NRDBrXV6Ld65QRWhA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YHAtm8ixGAH/JDeRCaeOCA==.steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> References: <CAHAXwYCSpdYSzki%2B8FjECS0iiuGj1Te03KmGwv%2BuFLSHEyMZyQ@mail.gmail.com> <YHAtm8ixGAH/JDeRCaeOCA==.steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com>
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> Are you paying $100 per month for a cable modem, or is the cable bill tha= t > and includes the modem? That's the ballpark for my total bill from Comcast -- internet + modem. > I bought the 2nd best motorola cable modem at > walmart for less than 100. The best costs about 150-200. These modems b= ond > cable channels and are fast, but you may overload even them.!! I'm tempted to give one of the $200 models a try but figured I'd fish for recommendations first. I hope there's something out there that can do what I need it to do. Co-locating or a leased T3 would run 30x what I'm paying for this 50/10 line. :-/ > What is the model of you current modem? SMCD3G -David On 3/25/14, Steven Friedrich <steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you paying $100 per month for a cable modem, or is the cable bill tha= t > and includes the modem? I bought the 2nd best motorola cable modem at > walmart for less than 100. The best costs about 150-200. These modems b= ond > cable channels and are fast, but you may oveload even them.!! > > What is the model of you current modem? > > > On 3/25/2014 10:38 AM, David.I.Noel@gmail.com wrote: > > >> If someone knows a more appropriate forum/list/newsgroup/IRC channel >> for this question please let me know. Comcast is of little use. I was >> advised by their tech support to "ask someone at Best Buy", and the >> CAPTCHA on forums.cable-modem.net is broken so I can't register and >> ask there, soooo.. I don't really know where to go with this one. >> -David >> >> On 3/25/14, David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Can anyone recommend a DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem that's designed >> > for large networks? I'm guessing something that could support 10,000 >> > users would meet my needs. >> > >> > I'm doing some web crawling and it's overloading the standard SMC >> > model Comcast is leasing me. I have 4 servers running 100 threads >> > each, and combined they're making anywhere from 10-100 requests per >> > second. I'm guessing that's around the load a 10,000-user network >> > generates around peak? At any rate, my cable modem is completely >> > crapping out and I'm barely able to use 1/10th of my 50/10 line. >> > >> > My only other option is to make a best-guess based on >> > CPU/microcontroller specs, but I'd really rather not have to dig into >> > the documentation for every DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem on the >> > market. It's either that, scale back my crawling, or fork over >> > $3,000/mo for a leased line/co-lo bill. Neither of which I'd like to >> > or am capable of doing. Surely there's hardware out there that will >> > let me make the most of my $100/mo cable modem...? >> > >> > -David >> > >> > PS: if anyone in Houston has a spare T3 and room for 4 1U's that they >> > wouldn't mind donating or leasing at a massive discount to a poor >> > developer, that would work too. You know, because of all those "spare" >> > T3's people have just lying around. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Sent from my PlayStation=C5=BDVita system >
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