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bassetts
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Germantown, MD | Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg Is there a low end zyxel router that can handel the 5meg/2meg speed with the sp firewall on? I know the zywall 5 but that is a little much. | |
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Anav
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Dartmouth, NS | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg The ZyWALL 2 can handle those speeds with the firewall on.
Approx 6Mb one way. | |
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by Anav  :The ZyWALL 2 can handle those speeds with the firewall on. Approx 6Mb one way. BUT bite the bullet and buy a Z5.
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Germantown, MD | How about 334wt? | |
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg There are many more choices. My fault for assuming you were thinking ZyWALLs!!
Yes the P334WT with firewall oFF does about 28Mb, with firewall on your looking at 6-8Mb.
The new kid ZyXEL X-550, I have no idea. It has some nice stats like 16,000 concurrent sessions, but unknown on throughput. Will endeavour to find out tomorrow.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg We've got fiber in town and people are getting anywhere from 5M/5M to 25M/30M speeds. What is a good Zyxel wireless router to recommend that supports those speeds? Unfortunately I've been focused on Zyxel's biz class products and haven't been tracking Zyxel's consumer routers. | |
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| said by bassetts :Is there a low end zyxel router that can handel the 5meg/2meg speed with the sp firewall on? I know the zywall 5 but that is a little much. I am not sure that any of the ZyXEL Router products -- regardless of class -- actually provide support for High-Speed Routing throughput using Fiber Optic service for the home ---- or as it is properly know --- Fiber To The Home service [FTTH] ... it would be worth while to get ZyXEL to clarify this specific type of service as being properly supported in its product line.
The only Router that I am familiar with that does specifically provide support for FIOS [FTTH] is made by Buffalo called the WZR-G108 Router which Router incorporates Airgo Networks True MIMO technology.
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1 edit | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg I think even the FTTH uses a ethernet connection whether you have to logon with a PPPoE system or you are assigned a static IP or use DHCP for the WAN port IP address the ZyWall5/35/70 will connect and handle the throughput of that service. Not sure for the lower end models, as far as throughput, but all should still be able to connect to the ISP.
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1 edit | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by Shootist :I think even the FTTH uses a ethernet connection whether you have to logon with a PPPoE system or you are assigned a static IP or use DHCP for the WAN port IP address the ZyWall5/35/70 will connect and handle the throughput of that service. Not sure for the lower end models, as far as throughput, but all should still be able to connect to the ISP. The issue is not the ability to connect to the ISP ... no problem whatsoever connecting ---- the ISSUE Mr. SHOOTIST is QoS and how the bandwidth is exploited for different classes of traffic ... perhaps you should not shoot so fast or as far as you have with your unbridled enthusiasm for speculation. 
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2 edits | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by mozerd :The issue is not the ability to connect to the ISP ... no problem whatsoever connecting ---- the ISSUE Mr. SHOOTIST is QoS and how the bandwidth is exploited for different classes of traffic ... perhaps you should not shoot so fast or as far as you have with your unbridled enthusiasm for speculation. So what does this actually mean then?
said by mozerd :I am not sure that any of the ZyXEL Router products -- regardless of class -- actually provide support for High-Speed Routing throughput using Fiber Optic service for the home ---- or as it is properly know --- Fiber To The Home service [FTTH] ... it would be worth while to get ZyXEL to clarify this specific type of service as being properly supported in its product line. The only Router that I am familiar with that does specifically provide support for FIOS [FTTH] is made by Buffalo called the WZR-G108 Router which Router incorporates Airgo Networks True MIMO technology. I see no mention of QoS in your first statement, to me it looks you think FTTH got some special thing (interface?) that needs to be supported on the device you connect to it.
Its all about what kind of protocols you use for transferring the data and your Buffalo Device does not do anything else than Ethernet over standard 100Base-TX, there is no mention of any special Fiber ports, like the Allied RG600 series can do.
And from my interpretation of the info in the link you provided, its just marketing speak saying that this box got enough oomph to not slow down your FTTH connection.
And if you mean its about QoS, what kind of special FTTH QoS stuff do you belive the Buffalo device got, that makes it work better than other devices?
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg No special Interface is required for FTTH -- There are many different way to process/mange packets being pumped through the pipe at the Routers WAN port – Efficiency in processing the packet stream(s) is highly dependent on the Type/Quality/Technology of the processor [or chain of co-processors] being utilized on the Router board.
On the Router’s Wan side FTTH does require much greater processor efficiency in managing the massive and varied data streams – and if the objective is to be able to properly enjoy simultaneous bandwidth-intensive applications such as high-definition video, Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony, streaming audio, and online gaming then QoS is inevitably tied-into the equation..
Airgo Networks have developed specific [and currently unique] hardware that implements superior processing chains to better exploit QoS and Security … and it so happens that Buffalo is using the built-in hardware advantage whereas Linksys, Belkin and Netgear have chosen not to do so as of yet – but that may change very shortly. On the Enterprise side SOHOware does fully exploit the Airgo advantage.
If your are sincerely interested in this area then consider Intel’s IXP technology as a clue to how dramatic improvements will be made in network processing technologies. Intel is a competitor to Airgo … Intel is Goliath while Airgo is little David. I am betting on little David.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by mozerd :If your are sincerely interested in this area then consider Intel’s IXP technology as a clue to how dramatic improvements will be made in network processing technologies. Intel is a competitor to Airgo … Intel is Goliath while Airgo is little David. I am betting on little David. Then I am sure you will be happy to know that the ZyXEL ZyWALL's uses Intel IXP processors and by your statements should be better than the airgo solution.
Then again I tought airgo only did WLAN.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by dslpartner :[A} Then I am sure you will be happy to know that the ZyXEL ZyWALL's uses Intel IXP processors and by your statements should be better than the airgo solution. [B] Then again I tought airgo only did WLAN. {A] Your creative extrapolation of my statements is certainly an embellishment of fact ... but, you are being creative. How IXP tech is exploited I assume escapes your insightful review as does you cursory knowledge of the work that Airgo Networks is advancing in the field of networking technologies.
[B] Review [A] and that certainly is That.
You are most welcome to your extrapolations.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg In all your post you still give NO explanation of how this FTTH service is any different from a normal ethernet connection and just how the Buffalo product and Airgo work better with FTTH then ANY OTHER make or model router. If a router can handle the throughput of the higher speed WAN connection just what makes the Buffalo and Airgo system better.
I think it is you that is extrapolating. And we're NOT talking wireless here.
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| I was just trying to debat the same way as you do.
I would still very much like to know what you think that buffalo device does that is better than any other device for FTTH.
In regards to my knowledge about Airgo, I just posted what I knew, I never claimed to know anything about Airgo. Which you claim to do, so I would really like to know why you think its the superior solution.
For the sage of argument if I had a 20M/20M internet connection, I would use a Cisco 3750 or something as my router, expensive yes, but I could write it of as a company expense.
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clubs: | Yes, comparing Intel IXP processors with Airgo WLAN chips is comparing apples to oranges. David should consider a career in marketing. | |
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| said by mozerd :said by Shootist :I think even the FTTH uses a ethernet connection whether you have to logon with a PPPoE system or you are assigned a static IP or use DHCP for the WAN port IP address the ZyWall5/35/70 will connect and handle the throughput of that service. Not sure for the lower end models, as far as throughput, but all should still be able to connect to the ISP. The issue is not the ability to connect to the ISP ... no problem whatsoever connecting ---- the ISSUE Mr. SHOOTIST is QoS and how the bandwidth is exploited for different classes of traffic ... perhaps you should not shoot so fast or as far as you have with your unbridled enthusiasm for speculation. OK I have reviewed this thread and see NO mention of QoS in any shape or form except for your last post, I.E. the one I quoted. Just what seems to be your problem as I see no unbridled enthusiasm for speculation on my part. My comments were to your statement,
said by mozerd :I am not sure that any of the ZyXEL Router products -- regardless of class -- actually provide support for High-Speed Routing throughput using Fiber Optic service for the home ---- or as it is properly know --- Fiber To The Home service [FTTH] ... it would be worth while to get ZyXEL to clarify this specific type of service as being properly supported in its product line. Which again mentions nothing about QoS and just how do you know NONE of the Zyxel routers handle this correctly with the FTTH service. I think you may need some sleep and a few shots of alcohol to kill that bug.
Really have a nice day.
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| Whilst I won't word it in the same way as others, I do wish to join in on the questioning as to why FTTH needs any kind of special support.
Verizon's FiOS, probably the most common FTTH system at the moment, is an EPON system - Ethernet over PON. There's no ATM involved in these systems, which is one reason why they're relatively cheap to implement. What's so special on the CPE side of a FTTH install that needs special support in a router, especially in an FTTH system that is based around Ethernet?
I could accept that higher speed connections potentially need different optimisation to get the best from them compared to the lower speed WAN connections most of us are used to. I can also accept, to an extent, that different provider's networks may require different optimisation to get the best from them - though that is not necessarily linked to the underlying technology in use.
However, that's different to what seems to be being claimed in this thread, which is that all existing routers lacking a certain technology are unsuitable for FTTH use.
Once the presentation is Ethernet (give or take PPPoE or similar), routers have so far worked pretty much the same whether the underlying connection is cable, ADSL, SDSL, T1/E1, frame relay or a direct Ethernet connection in the likes of a co-lo. I'm finding it a little hard to believe FTTH changes this so fundamentally, though am willing to be educated if I'm wrong.
Overall, can we have some facts and/or references, please? Bits of this thread have a hint of "I know what I'm talking about, you don't, so go away". At the very least, I want to be in a position to separate marketing bluster from true technical advantage, and this thread leaves me anywhere except that at the moment.
To take what I believe is a somewhat parallel issue, my views over TRUE MIMO, WE HAVE THE BEST MIMO EVER and NEW UPDATED TRUE MIMO - BUY NOTHING ELSE AS IT'S NOT WORTHY OF BEING CALLED MIMO (and all the other marketing that is around on 'next generation wireless LAN' products) differs from others that have posted in this thread. Yes - I accept that there are some potential technical and even real world advantages in many of these products. However, at the moment, what we have is a mass of non-standards, where not even all the products using the same chipset have the same wireless feature set, and the chipset vendors are updating and upgrading those feature sets all the time.
Frankly, I can't be bothered with it. I don't want to spend a fortune to land up with the wireless equivalent of Video 2000 or Betamax - products that may be technically superior, but don't win out in the race to become a standard and for which support disappears all too quickly. Whilst I know it's imperfect and not at the bleeding edge of technology, I'm sticking with 802.11g for now, especially as I've taken the conscious decision to wire the house, almost every device on my network is wired, and what use I make of wireless rarely needs high throughput. My installed wireless system does what I want and need it to, and I believe that nobody has the right to question that judgment.
Returning to the FTTH router situation, I believe my ZyWALL 35 should be powerful enough for many FTTH connections, including some of the faster products that are available. Should I be putting pressure on ZyXEL to add some features to the firmware so that I could make best use of FTTH in the future? Let's avoid one complication by assuming the FTTH is IPv4, not IPv6, based.
What I see in this thread is the suggestion that many of us are maybe giving the wrong advice to posters who already have FTTH by suggesting devices like the Z5 and Z35. If I'm amongst those giving misguided advice, I want to know why.
The FTTH Router mentioned in this thread is one for which I can find a statement on the vendor's product web page, which is, after all marketing - "High-Speed Routing Throughput (Supports FTTH)". This statement is repeated all around the web in the numerous web stores that sell that product. However, I can't find any reference as to what this technology is, what it does, or why it makes this product superior to all other routers. It sounds like so many of the other statements put around by marketers.
ZyXEL are not immune - they've been plugging Unified Threat Management like it's the best thing to hit networking for many years. When you understand it's a card you can slip into some ZyWALLs which gives you subscription router based IDP and AV, also there's a new subscription based AS service, you can then weigh whether it has value for you or not. Frankly, there's a lot of marketing guff got into networking these days, and I'm not sure it's helpful to anyone, much as I appreciate that the majority of consumers aren't in a position to weigh technical matters themselves and all companies want to do what they can to get market share.
I want to understand whether there's value in the Buffalo product beyond the marketing. Does it relate to a real technical advantage that other manufacturers should be looking at trying to emulate and surpass, or is it just a logo on a box to try to sell in what is likely to be a growth market?
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by DavidJWood :What I see in this thread is the suggestion that many of us are maybe giving the wrong advice to posters who already have FTTH by suggesting devices like the Z5 and Z35. If I'm amongst those giving misguided advice, I want to know why. Which is why in my first post in this thread I suggested that it would be worth while to get ZyXEL to clarify this specific type of service as being properly supported in its product line.
And based on my field experience having dome many commercial installations the technology advantage that Airgo Networks provide is --- in crude terms --- the real deal.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg Wow, did I toss a grenade into this thread?
Allow me to remove "wireless" from my original question and rephrase as "What is a good Zyxel consumer router that can handle 20M/20M speed" and all it needs is Ethernet WAN interface (standard DHCP client or static IP). I'm not interested in a discussion on wireless. I'm interested in a relatively low cost Zyxel router capable of handling high WAN speeds. | |
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by bbarrera :Wow, did I toss a grenade into this thread? Allow me to remove "wireless" from my original question and rephrase as "What is a good Zyxel consumer router that can handle 20M/20M speed" and all it needs is Ethernet WAN interface (standard DHCP client or static IP). I'm not interested in a discussion on wireless. I'm interested in a relatively low cost Zyxel router capable of handling high WAN speeds. No not really. I think the grenade was tossed by mozerd .
To be honest I don't think anyone that has and can afford a 20M/20M connection would be using a lower end home style router. So you may not get a solid answer to that question. Just my thoughts, oh no there I go again with my unbridled enthusiasm for speculation. Please forgive me.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg said by Shootist :To be honest I don't think anyone that has and can afford a 20M/20M connection would be using a lower end home style router. So you may not get a solid answer to that question. Just my thoughts, oh no there I go again with my unbridled enthusiasm for speculation. Please forgive me. The FTTH service in this area is priced same as DSL and Comcast cable modem service. The Surewest 20M/20M service is $49.99/month (1 year contract) and you have to buy in conjunction with either phone ($28/month) or digital TV ($47/month). My neighbors have 20M/20M and it is the real deal. | |
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Decatur, GA | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg Man send them to Georgia, $49.99 for 20M/20M + $28.00 phone is about the same as what I pay for 3M/384K from BS. But I ain't moven to the left coast.
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clubs: | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg My biz class DSL is $70/month 2M/256K on a 3 year contract (biz class service, running servers).
Surewest offers 20M/20M ala carte (w/o phone or TV) for $90/month. | |
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Derry, NH
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| said by DavidJWood :Whilst I won't word it in the same way as others, I do wish to join in on the questioning as to why FTTH needs any kind of special support. Verizon's FiOS, probably the most common FTTH system at the moment, is an EPON system - Ethernet over PON. There's no ATM involved in these systems, which is one reason why they're relatively cheap to implement. What's so special on the CPE side of a FTTH install that needs special support in a router, especially in an FTTH system that is based around Ethernet? David Some here may wish to spend some time at the Verizon FiOS forum. There they will read that Verizon BPON (broadband PON) is APON (ATM PON) plus TV and voice spectrum additions. Agreed that to first order, the ATM aspect is irrelevant because the ONT converts the connection to standard Ethernet. Negotiation for up time slots and other ATM arcana is hidden from the user.
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UK | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg In that case, I apologise; references I had read indicated that FiOS was EPON, but I was clearly mistaken.
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg just maybe be in England its EPON and in America its APON.
and in Japan its Ippon (which is the same as two Wazaris) and I bet you thought I was going to say Nippon!  | |
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| said by Kirby Smith :said by DavidJWood :Whilst I won't word it in the same way as others, I do wish to join in on the questioning as to why FTTH needs any kind of special support. Verizon's FiOS, probably the most common FTTH system at the moment, is an EPON system - Ethernet over PON. There's no ATM involved in these systems, which is one reason why they're relatively cheap to implement. What's so special on the CPE side of a FTTH install that needs special support in a router, especially in an FTTH system that is based around Ethernet? David Some here may wish to spend some time at the Verizon FiOS forum. There they will read that Verizon BPON (broadband PON) is APON (ATM PON) plus TV and voice spectrum additions. Agreed that to first order, the ATM aspect is irrelevant because the ONT converts the connection to standard Ethernet. Negotiation for up time slots and other ATM arcana is hidden from the user. kirby With all that said about EPON/APON/BPON and apologies where needed I have one basic question.
The port that is installed in the (Inside the) home or business for internet access is what? Ethernet? If Ethernet what is so different from this Ethernet port then ANY other type/style Ethernet connection. And why would one brand/make/model router be any better then any other brand/make/model giving that all can handle the high connection speeds.
This is where the whole discussion started. Why is one better then the other for a FTTH connection?
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg I haven't researched the various FTTH schemes. It seems to me that all you need is an Ethernet router capable of routing at advertised speed, which in my case is up to 20M each direction. The earlier discussion was confusing because it discussed wireless datarates and QoS, when my real question was about routing/firewall performance. | |
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg Thanks for someone speaking out with good information. The issue is not if the router or CPE equipment has different technology to support FTTP/FTTH. It's how the current technology is used in a way as to not hinder the speed capable with FTTP/FTTH. What may users of products don't realize is that just b/c you have a 10/100 port on your router, that doesn't mean the router is capable of keeping up with those speeds.
Case and point ---> »www.netgear.com/pdf_docs/2005011···trix.pdf
(look at WAN to LAN speeds)
I'm not trying to compare netgear to ZyXel to router xyz b/c they are all different products. What I am trying to say is that many times the WAN to LAN speed has many factors such as processor speed, firewall packet processing, etc. So although company X may have a very good all around product, it may not be able to keep up with the speeds for FTTP/FTTH. This was very evident when Verizon chose to use Dlink VDI-604 and VDI-624 router for their deployment for their FiOS service. The VDI-604 and VDI-624 are just Verizon versions of the standard D-Link DI-604 and DI-624. It has been confirmed that the standard out of the box D-link router could not achieve the 15/2 speeds but the VDI series D-Links routers could. No change in technology but, a change in firmware and maybe a different processor. 5/2 speeds should be fine with almost any home router.
Also to clear up some info - APON is based on the ITU G.938 International Standard, which supports 64:1 passive optical splitters (Non-North American Standard). BPON on the other hand supports up to 32:1 passive optical splitters. Each customer channel is end to end encrypted, not sure if this is the case with APON. BPON is basically the specification that Verizon, BellSouth, and SBC came up with for FTTP/FTTH. Having a spec common to all, provided overall lower cost of common equipment and components.
All of these technologies use ATM for traffic management. | |
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Derry, NH | Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg Thanks cjax. I hadn't read that A/B distinction before.
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bbarrera
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| said by mozerd :I am not sure that any of the ZyXEL Router products -- regardless of class -- actually provide support for High-Speed Routing throughput using Fiber Optic service for the home ---- or as it is properly know --- Fiber To The Home service [ FTTH] ... it would be worth while to get ZyXEL to clarify this specific type of service as being properly supported in its product line. The only Router that I am familiar with that does specifically provide support for FIOS [FTTH] is made by Buffalo called the WZR-G108 Router which Router incorporates Airgo Networks True MIMO technology. Wow, are you saying that my successful use of a Zywall 70 as an interior router, where it delivers 40Mbps firewall throughput and bandwidth management, isn't enough to handle the lower speed 20M/20M FTTH service offered in my area? I couldn't find a single datasheet or technical review on the Buffalo product that showed firewall throughput. The Buffalo page focuses on MIMO with a quick unsubstantiated marketing blurb on FTTH. MIMO is unrelated to routing/firewall performance.
I know the Zywall 5/35/70 series is capable of handling the routing/firewall performance needed for FTTH. | |
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jig
join:2001-01-05
Hacienda Heights, CA
| interesting. i've wondered if the iptv thing would require you to have your home router before or after a connection to whatever gets the video to your tv. i suppose a device that was optimized to pass through that kind of bandwidth to a specific device that was segregated from your home lan might count as FTTH "support".
but maybe i'm confused. the fiber comes to your home, they have a box they bolt to the side of your house that can have multiple outputs (and takes fiber as an input)... probably one of those is specifically for iptv (and can be switch/branched out to different tv) while another is slated for connection to your router (and another goes to your pots system etc).
shrug, i'm blathering. nothing i've read indicates that you might want something more than high throughput when connecting your lan to ftth. | |
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Anav
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| Most interesting thread, you sheet disturber BB!
To answer your question, the P334WT or P334W with firewall off will do ya fine LOL. I am truly waiting for a P3XX router that will handle higher throughput with FIREWALL ON, and perhaps even a dual wan model. I believe my input to the Gods above is mostly ignored though. I do note incremental progress such as the
ZyXEL USA
P330W - move towards linux and untold possibilities
X-550 - innovative combination of unique technologies from others in a market timely manner (at least more so than in the past)
ZyXEL Global
P320W - doubled current NAT total to 4096 for zynos home fireware (x-550 has 16000)
P320W - port restricted cone nat more suited for VoIP
Looking for more info on MIMO stuff led me to these URLs
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Seems like while the more known stakeholders corner the committees AIRGO is alreadly putting bacon on the table, via belkin, samsung and 3rd generation products......
Guess it depends on which side of the bread you put your mozerd mustard On...
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| Re: Zyxel wireless router with FIOS 5meg/2meg ZyXEL's recent foray in the "timely delivery" of modern technologies is predicated on outsourcing 3rd party gear. As such, I do not consider the P-330W et al., as ZyXEL own, and these flukes definitely do not add to ZyXEL competencies in any way.
I said it before... ZyXEL needs a residential router capable of FiOS speeds. Also, ZyXEL needs a SME router with GbE interfaces, allowing speeds above 100Mbps. The commotion has begun, and a major wave of router replacements is about to hit the nation. A router manufacturer that makes products to answer this demand will cash in on this. Hope ZyXEL realizes these opportunities and is going to address them soon.
For now, those loyal to ZyXEL must splurge on Z5/35/70 to use fiber broadband. These are good units, but an overkill for most residential purposes. | |
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Dartmouth, NS | Not sure but ASUS may have some high throughput units? | |
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