[clue] What DSL modem(s) do people use?

[Quentin Hartman]

You will have a hard time finding a DSL modem that will do all that in a
reasonable way. The way that DSL has fractured into several different
mostly-the-same-but-incompatible flavors, there is often only one (or very
few) that will work in a given place.

Your best bet is to probably just setup general port forwarding to another
box that handles the features you want.

HOWEVER

Since you're currently using a Cisco 678, I believe your service is
compatible with the Sangoma S519. I own one that I've never used because I
bought it prior to moving into a market where it doesn't work. I'd be happy
to sell it if you want to experiment with that sort of solution. In short,
it creates an imaginary ethernet port on your system that is bridged to
ADSL internally on the card. I used the S518 for a long time when I lived
in Oregon and it worked great. More info:

http://wiki.sangoma.com/wanpipe-linux-adsl2-support


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Michael J. Hammel <
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 14:36 -0600, Bruce Ediger wrote:
> > I'm interested in having control over NAT, as I have a web server, SSH
> > server and SMTP server running. I might want to have the modem just
> > bridge everything over to a computer with 2 ethernets and do my own
> > NAT and firewalling. Also, I'd like to switch off any LAN-side DHCP
> > and DHS, handling all that myself.
> >
> > If one can't get a DSL modem to do that sort of thing, what are my
> options?
>
> I imagine just plugging the modem into any decent router.  I have a
> Buffalo that runs DD-WRT (from the factory) that can pretty much do all
> of what you're asking here.  I have multiple routers, all running a
> version of DD-WRT.
>
> > Comcast SOHO service? What kind of modem/router does one get for Comcast
> > broadband?
>
> Plain ol' cable modem.  They want you to use a DOCCSI 3.x modem.  I had
> a perfectly good DOCCIS 2.x that they didn't like, sent me oodles of
> mail, email, text messages and voice mail saying I needed to upgrade "to
> get the best service possible".  I finally did it, only to find no
> noticable change in service other than they now can probably track more
> of my activity than with the DOCCIS 2.x modem.
>
> --
> Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>
>
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