Configuring TPLink Archer C7 as Bell Canada Home Hub 3000 Replacement? [PPPoE]

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PPPoE as a protocol is rather demanding, but even without PPPoE, 500 MBit/s is quite a lot for most common 'plastic routers'. We're only slowly seeing devices entering this performance region (e.g. mt7622bv or filogic 820/ 830 might be able to do this, ipq807x is probably very borderline).

While it is getting a tad old, this post is still correct and on topic:

So you have 500Mbps-1Gbps fiber and need a router READ THIS FIRST

It's such a frequently asked question over the last few years that we really need a post we can point people to. So your cable company rolled out 500Mbps or 1Gbps download speeds, or you have 1Gbps symmetric fiber (GPON/EPON) from ATT or Centurylink or Orange or whoever. You realize your old all in one router from 2009 is not up to the task of handling this, but hey by now stuff should be cheap and available that will handle your new fiber connection right? So you want advice about a router for…

Personally I am using x86_64 (old Atom j1900) for 400/200 MBit/s (without PPPoE, but using sqm/cake) - and it's a breeze, as everything just works and has plenty of performance to spare (today I'd probably look at ).