From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 15:38:40 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A0D613E for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x231.google.com (mail-we0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B988CC9F for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id u57so426975wes.8 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:38:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=5rZA/xH6+F8PNBxlN4hHp5ZZdubY4Y3d/2WE288wDdY=; b=UGxNi9gpJjGvfLuwDJ4WpQn1lGIkvL7yk+Ociy6c8H64WZpNtWysZ2GYpJERXuBnFU qDc8HC5MEjrRY7/uRRT2GCmT9hdrIDNAndNn51yDBDv3aZblY7AV4vXV0gr46Yj0qJCI GOvCsLiUvxocZ/t/icRip+lNcMJaIWBZX/Q8xFDklLeza1DhkJy/e5uHRfsk/MieexI9 WaX9Mpi/Gkk/volT5e7gu7PYTabCDQqvZcjiDBIgU598hC3caCIrgFwunJpAcmmUkbpR oaysKNL4nCd0Y8Av98FhL+dyuR4u2BE9vwV4iAcGGuqYQ0B7t/qt7EwER74MUhwtg1iX ZRqA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.181.13.15 with SMTP id eu15mr23230226wid.38.1395761918166; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.217.55.138 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:38:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:38:38 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 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 15:38:40 -0000 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 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. >