[NTLUG:Discuss] OT- What DSL router do you recommend?

[Tim Riker]

I've got a Cisco 675 at present, the 678 is what QWest still ships. Mine 
overheats from time to time, the NATing messes with DNS replies so you 
can't effectively run a DNS server behind one. The NATting is extremely 
slow from the inside (ie: hitting your own public IP).

I picked up a SpeedTouch DSL modem on eBay but I'm not yet using it. My 
current line is CAP and the SpeedTouch only does DMT.

http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/

I wish I could find an internal DSL modem that had good Linux drivers. 
I'd then load ppp over ATM drivers or whatever the ISP required and be 
able to sniff raw packets for debugging.

eBay is probably your best bet. ;-)

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> Ok, I've about had it.  I now have a second defunct LinkSys ADSL
> router.  Both lasted just about a year.  The first one cost me around
> $180 (back when they were fairly new), the last one cost me $90.  Both
> were 4 port 10/100 BaseT routers.  Because LinkSys seems to have a 
> problem with quality, I have decided not to buy another LinkSys router. 
> The first one went into a diagnostic mode and would not come out of it. 
> A call to LinkSys was useless, the said it was dead and there was
> nothing they could do with it.  I bought another one because I already
> had the software installed to use it and it went out last night/this
> morning sometime.  I always have problems with the modem and router
> losing sync anyway, and when I went into the room they're in to reset
> them, the router showed a dianostic light and no link light.  Tests
> connecting computers directly to the modem showed the problem with the
> router.  I've tried using different cat5 cables from router to modem,
> still no link light.  It appears that the WAN port is dead because the
> router still works for the local network and there is nothing I can find
> in the software to attempt a reset of the WAN port itself.
> 
> What suggestions do you guys on the list have for me?
> 
> 
> 
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