Anyone else using the 5G home internet? I just hooked it up today to see if it’s a viable solution since my Xfinity bill went up to $200/mo.
I’ve only used it for a few hours, but it seems pretty decent. Anyone have some decent run time that can provide feedback on long term usage?
I used it for a bit, but I wasn’t able to do my job because my work requires IPv4 to IPv4 direct connections (e.g. SSH between Linux servers over IPv4).
As I understand, 5G mobile networks are IPv6 native, there is an IPv4 compatibility layer but it’s limited and not useful for my needs.
Outside of that though, I didn’t have any other problems and seemed fine, was able to watch HD movies while browsing the internet etc.
As I understand, 5G mobile networks are IPv6 native, there is an IPv4 compatibility layer but it’s limited and not useful for my needs.
A few slight nitpicks:
First of all, 5G networks can support both IPv4 and IPv6, it’s just certain carriers (such as T-Mobile) that are IPv6-only.
Secondly, T-Mobile uses a more advanced IPv4 compatibility layer than most other IPv6-only ISPs that avoids most of the normal issues of IPv4 compatibility layers.
I suspect that the cause of your problems is likely T-Mobile’s restrictive, non-configurable, network side firewall. The IPv4 compatibility layer may have contributed to it being implemented this way as the compatibility layer does make other firewall setups more complicated but still possible (with PCP), however I suspect that the main reason it is setup this way is because this setup is fine with cell phones (what T-Mobile’s network was originally designed for) so T-Mobile didn’t see any reason to do anything differently.
It is possible to bypass this firewall using a VPN. In fact T-Mobile Business Internet even offers a VPN that integrates with T-Mobile ISP pretty seamlessly and with minimal latency penalty. Or you can just use a different VPN, but first look into the firewall setup of that VPN. IIRC some users have used the free virtual private servers that Oracle offers to setup their own VPN for this for free, although that’s a bit more advanced.