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I've got AT&T Fiber's 5 gigabit symmetric service (with a Ubiquiti equipment stack that handles 40 gigabit without issue) and while its been very stable and I w

I've got AT&T Fiber's 5 gigabit symmetric service (with a Ubiquiti equipment stack that handles 40 gigabit without issue) and while its been very stable and I win all nerd fights with my speed tests, I've been thinking about dropping back down to 1 gigabit because I don't find much value out of 5. If it was cheaper ($180/mo for 5 gigabit) maybe I'd keep it but Astound/WaveG is offering gigabit symmetric for $50/mo with 4 free months so tough to swallow.

Aqua_Geek 3y ago
What Ubiquiti equipment are you using? Doesn’t their router top out at 3.5Gbps?
- robbiet480 3y ago
  UDM Pro USW-Pro-Aggregation USW-Pro-48-PoE US-XG-6PoE Recently bypassed AT&T's residential gateway by getting a XGS-PON on a SFP+ stick, let me shave off 2ms and gain a couple hundred mbps each way, in addition to removing their crappy gateway.
  - zamadatix 3y ago
    Which stick did you go with?
    - robbiet480 3y ago
      This one [0] via a group buy on the 8311 Discord [1]. The instructions for use are at [2]. [0]: https://ecin.ca/custom-xgs-pon-sfp-stick-module-xgspon-ont-w-t-mac-function-mounted-on-sfp-package/ https://ecin.ca/custom-xgs-pon-sfp-stick-module-xgspon-ont-w... [1]: https://discord.gg/8311-886329492438671420 https://discord.gg/8311-886329492438671420 [2]: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1UIAgtxkImgFRwyaGDGtISD0JXnxWNvuuNDrnRac6wGc/mobilebasic https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1UIAgtxkImgFRwyaGDGtI...
      - zamadatix 3y ago
        Dear lord, that is the gnarliest looking SFP I've ever seen. Thanks for the links, this looks great!
        robbiet480 3y ago
        It's a full ARM stack in there. Can even SSH and telnet to it for a real shell, and it runs a web interface.
  - nunez 3y ago
    I thought it wasn't possible to bypass the BGW due to certs?
    - robbiet480 3y ago
      This is the XGS-PON bypass, GPON bypass is different and 802.1x (cert) based. XGS-PON just requires cloning the serial number and MAC of the RG.
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- nunez 3y ago
  The BGW350 that they give you tops out at 5Gbit on the WAN SFP interface and has one 5Gbit RJ45 LAN interface along with two gigabit interfaces. I connected the 5Gbit to a TP-Link TLSX105 10Gbit switch which has five 10Gbit RJ45 switch ports. Since my office is on another floor and has more stuff that needs to be hardwired, I have a TP Link TLSX1008 10Gbit switch that has eight 10Gbit switch ports. I connected the two together and, presto, 5Gbit for everyone. My Macs have OWC 10Gbit Thunderbolt NICs so they can each get the full 5Gbit. I tried using a Mikrotik CRS switch/router thing, but dealing with SFP inconsistencies is annoying as hell and it was a very slow router. (You need the higher end CCR routers to get 10Gbit routing, but I just wanted to have all of my devices use the Pi-Hole for DNS, which I could do with DHCP.)
nunez 3y ago
I also finally got AT&T's 5Gbit fiber service. (Interestingly, wiring up the house for 10 is easier than 5.) I've found it to be a really help for super large downloads, like bundles of container images, if you can get bits at gigabit speed from the server. I'm definitely going to upgrade to 10Gbit if AT&T makes it available.

Aqua_Geek 3y ago

What Ubiquiti equipment are you using? Doesn’t their router top out at 3.5Gbps?

robbiet480 3y ago
UDM Pro USW-Pro-Aggregation USW-Pro-48-PoE US-XG-6PoE Recently bypassed AT&T's residential gateway by getting a XGS-PON on a SFP+ stick, let me shave off 2ms and gain a couple hundred mbps each way, in addition to removing their crappy gateway.
- zamadatix 3y ago
  Which stick did you go with?
  - robbiet480 3y ago
    This one [0] via a group buy on the 8311 Discord [1]. The instructions for use are at [2]. [0]: https://ecin.ca/custom-xgs-pon-sfp-stick-module-xgspon-ont-w-t-mac-function-mounted-on-sfp-package/ https://ecin.ca/custom-xgs-pon-sfp-stick-module-xgspon-ont-w... [1]: https://discord.gg/8311-886329492438671420 https://discord.gg/8311-886329492438671420 [2]: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1UIAgtxkImgFRwyaGDGtISD0JXnxWNvuuNDrnRac6wGc/mobilebasic https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1UIAgtxkImgFRwyaGDGtI...
    - zamadatix 3y ago
      Dear lord, that is the gnarliest looking SFP I've ever seen. Thanks for the links, this looks great!
      - robbiet480 3y ago
        It's a full ARM stack in there. Can even SSH and telnet to it for a real shell, and it runs a web interface.
- nunez 3y ago
  I thought it wasn't possible to bypass the BGW due to certs?
  - robbiet480 3y ago
    This is the XGS-PON bypass, GPON bypass is different and 802.1x (cert) based. XGS-PON just requires cloning the serial number and MAC of the RG.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
nunez 3y ago
The BGW350 that they give you tops out at 5Gbit on the WAN SFP interface and has one 5Gbit RJ45 LAN interface along with two gigabit interfaces. I connected the 5Gbit to a TP-Link TLSX105 10Gbit switch which has five 10Gbit RJ45 switch ports. Since my office is on another floor and has more stuff that needs to be hardwired, I have a TP Link TLSX1008 10Gbit switch that has eight 10Gbit switch ports. I connected the two together and, presto, 5Gbit for everyone. My Macs have OWC 10Gbit Thunderbolt NICs so they can each get the full 5Gbit. I tried using a Mikrotik CRS switch/router thing, but dealing with SFP inconsistencies is annoying as hell and it was a very slow router. (You need the higher end CCR routers to get 10Gbit routing, but I just wanted to have all of my devices use the Pi-Hole for DNS, which I could do with DHCP.)

nunez 3y ago

I also finally got AT&T's 5Gbit fiber service. (Interestingly, wiring up the house for 10 is easier than 5.) I've found it to be a really help for super large downloads, like bundles of container images, if you can get bits at gigabit speed from the server. I'm definitely going to upgrade to 10Gbit if AT&T makes it available.