Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)

[xorprime <xorprime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try TP-Link ADSL 2+ Modem
http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=111

It's cheap but you need to use an atheros superG cards on the client side to
use the proprietary 108mb wifi but it's compatible with B and G and works
like a charm in firefox and has bridging


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Morgan Storey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a DSL-502T that I am just running as the router too, it is only
> about
> 6 months old, it works fine with all the linux clients in my place too. It
> isn't doing dhcp or DNS though as these are handled elsewhere.
>
> AFAIK the DSL-502T is running linux. I have had some issues with the
> latest
> firmware as some of the config pages don't render in firefox, which is
> majorly annoying, it used to be the other way around that they didn't
> render
> in IE on my solitary windows box.
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Peter Hardy <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey hey.
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:11 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > > Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including
> > > ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half
> > > bridging mode? It would also be nice if the adminstrative functions
> > > were still accessible when it is in bridging mode.
> >
> > I have a D-Link DSL-502T, which is a couple of years old by now.
> >
> > It had a lot of problems with Linux clients when it was running as a
> > gateway - the Linux resolver just didn't play nicely with its name
> > service. But I'm using it in full bridge mode now in front of a WRT-54G
> > and have no complaints.
> >
> > Don't think they do half-bridging. But flipping it into full bridging
> > mode is a snap, and the internal interface keeps the address that was
> > assigned to it, so the admin interface is still accessible.
> >
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