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

[Quentin Hartman]

Another nice quickie overview: http://wiki.sangoma.com/sangoma-hardware#s519

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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