From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 14:19:30 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 955D6539 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x230.google.com (mail-wi0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34463147 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id r20so3506005wiv.9 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:19:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=DozAVt+WhBjqUJKGXSYAz8r0d4ArL6ilyEsZkaU+8jc=; b=QySfnai/UBEC+wTV3XhNG8WTEmoZN9269UhMpwvcynpYToVcLkwD4+BW2TMdIv/eSj FFArAdqEsvdTztEC/hjpNtKRFy5d7blakTlPbM0GNn40dw7hRJFAJzjTWtMS7kuuryaH UYQjsYKStBC3lQRZt8AjjVQpUITJOOTAbAIc4RbE3XJKuOqG6QcT0+V6mB/yoY0o5b57 RXG/i/AZiPv+o81RtMSbAfSFsaqFzgUwv2YZeR5D4EZObBW7u3XcSZPv/AAWaBe0IxjD 94NoNLcvB5zXmC3ihQNgOnghCd22SGt97p657blLNASaMWAQrus9+WLTJq1vv0SJr6qk iCGQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.205.130 with SMTP id lg2mr23721374wic.59.1395757161508; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.217.55.138 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:19:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Cable Modems for Large Networks From: David Noel To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: David.I.Noel@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:19:30 -0000 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.