Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:38:38 -0500 From: David Noel <david.i.noel@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cable Modems for Large Networks Message-ID: <CAHAXwYCWC-u%2B9GiWSnB4m5WRRDN8SXA=KGH7KH6VajdPE6OxNA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHAXwYCSpdYSzki%2B8FjECS0iiuGj1Te03KmGwv%2BuFLSHEyMZyQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHAXwYCSpdYSzki%2B8FjECS0iiuGj1Te03KmGwv%2BuFLSHEyMZyQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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. >
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