[clue] What DSL modem(s) do people use?
Warren W. Weiss
warren at guano.org
Thu Jul 30 22:56:45 MDT 2015
What OS did you use with the Sangoma card?
On 07/29/2015 15:43, Quentin Hartman 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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>>
>
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