[GTALUG] inexpensive mini-PC with four 2.5G ethernet interfaces

[James Knott]

On 2022-07-01 4:58 p.m., William Park via talk wrote:
> On 2022-07-01 13:49, James Knott via talk wrote:
>> BTW, prior to this mini PC, I had an old HP compact desktop computer 
>> for my firewall/router.  On my 500/20 connection, I would generally 
>> see around 540 or so down and 21 up.  I got the mini PC when the HP 
>> died and my download bandwidth immediately jumped!  So, the HP was 
>> the limiting factor.  Now, it's getting to the point where my 1 Gb 
>> LAN is the limiting factor.
>
> How can you get more bandwidth than your ISP gives you? 

Rogers has always been generous with bandwidth.  Recently my upload 
increased from 20 > 30 Mb.  I found out about that in another forum and 
I just had to power cycle my modem to get it.  Regardless, I 
consistently get well over 500 Mb down.  Here's an example from just now:
https://www.speedtest.net/result/13354933415