Home Router For High-Speed Connection?

soulprivate writes "My cable company has recently begun to offer Internet access plans with speeds over 30 Mbps (60, 80 and 100 Mbps). However my D-link router is unable to go beyond 30 Mbps if I use NAT; it reaches 60-70 Mbps only if NAT is disabled. Is there any recommendation for a brand/model of residential router that is able to get more than 70 Mbps with NAT enabled? I have been looking for benchmarks or comparisons, to no avail. Does anyone know one? What are your experiences at home?"

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[ErikTheRed]

I thought everyone on Slashdot built their own firewalls using Linux and / or OpenBSD. WTF? I guess they'll give an account to just about anyone these days.

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[PizzaAnalogyGuy]

Eh, in most european countries its fairly common to see 100 Mbps at home. And NAT and such isn't exactly CPU hungry, at least not in the 30-100 Mbps range.

What comes to the submitters question, you probably have old router (and it's D-Link too..)

For the most delicious router, choose Buffalo or Linksys. They are like the bacon, steak, onion, american cheese and pineapple pan pizza on a BBQ sauce - you just gotta love it.

Going to the internet without a good router is like taking a flight to Somalia and except you get a good service in their Pizza Hut. It might be good, it might even be delicious, but you aren't going to get ice cream as a dessert.

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[sprior]

Dude, you skipped lunch again.

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[rubycodez]

stoppit, you're making badAnalogyGuy excited and hungry at the same time

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[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe they're secretly the same person, but with different accounts. Kind of like when Bruce Banner takes of his glasses, no one can tell he's Zorro.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Bruce Banner wears contacts

You poor bastard

[Sloppy]

My cable company has recently begun to offer Internet access plans with speeds over 30 Mbps (60, 80 and 100 Mbps). However my D-link router is unable to go beyond 30 Mbps if I use NAT

I don't have an answer to your problem (other than "get a computer"), but you have my deepest sympathies. It is so hard to hear of my fellow human being having such horrific adversities inflicted upon them, and I cannot help but wonder: could this misfortune fall upon me some day?

I can only hope that you overcome the terrible burden of a 100 Mpbs internet connection thrust upon you and your residence, and somehow, god-willing, find a reason to keep on living, in order to set an example for others who may some day suffer the same fate. No matter how dark and hopeless things look right now, don't give up! If you can survive this calamity, maybe I can overcome my own problems as well.

Bless you, my friend, and good luck!

Re:You poor bastard

[bill_mcgonigle]

I can only hope that you overcome the terrible burden of a 100 Mpbs internet connection thrust upon you and your residence, and somehow, god-willing, find a reason to keep on living

Yeah, especially since he's going to hit his monthly cap in less than five minutes and get his account cancelled.

Car Analogy?

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you explain that in car analogy?

Preferably in non pizza delivery vehicles.

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[masshuu]

I live about an hour drive from 40 or so datacenters, right in middle of Dallas and fort worth. North Irving is also just crawling with huge cooperations and i can sometimes see utility companys laying down bundles of fiber cable, like 50 or so bundles(one was laid down right infront of my apartment)
yet I'm stuck with the best i can get, 3 mbps.

Its like living on a boat in the middle of lake Michigan but being forced to only have access to a bottle of watter a day.