[Astlinux-devel] Comcast/Xfinity DOCSIS 3.1

[David K. <da...@ke...>]

Comcast/Xfinity have been bugging me to upgrade my cable modem for the past
few months.  Started with emails, now getting telephone calls, stating that
my current modem cannot take advantage of their latest technology
upgrades.  I'm assuming they have rolled out DOCSIS 3.1 into my area.  I'm
not sure I am going to do it yet but looking at the options there are
basically three to chose from, Netgear, Arris and Motorola.

Ok, so the point of this post... the Motorola claims to support up to 2Gbps
download by channel bonding two 1Gbps ethernet ports.  Of course Comcast
doesn't have anything like that speed support but it does prompt the
question as to whether Astlinux could channel bond two ports into EXTIF.
And of course it would need to also bond two ports for INTIF that would
need to connect to a switch that supported bonding.

Clearly not something needed anytime soon, but I am curious.

Thoughts?
David