They just upgraded our village telephone exchange - ADSL Router/Modem question

Thu Jan 6 02:33:34 GMT 2005

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Hello again

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After all the fun-and-games with the USB modem and FreeBSD over Xmas, =
the
New Year has delivered a long-awaited upgrade to our village telephone
exchange and ADSL broadband is now available here.

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For a router/modem a colleague is recommending either:

Dynamode R-ADSL-C4 (=A331)

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D96221

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DLink DSL-504T (=A347)=20

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D101984

though I think his suggestions are based on MS Windows experience.=20

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Both units would seem to do most everything I=92d want for the time =
being and
would appear to support Linux, at least through the ethernet connection. =

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Does anyone have direct experience of either of these working with =
FreeBSD?=20

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To my ADSL-inexpert eye the spec for the Dynamode looks the more
comprehensive of the two. Does anyone know a good reason why it might be
worth spending the extra for the Dlink? =96 or is there a still better =
(or
still cheaper) unit out there which would do the same sort of job? I =
don=92t
think I the BT line will support anything faster than 512M/s at present.

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Many thanks for any useful hints

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Charles B

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello again<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After all the fun-and-games with the USB modem and =
FreeBSD over
Xmas, the New Year has delivered a long-awaited upgrade to our village
telephone exchange and ADSL broadband is now available =
here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For a router/modem a colleague is recommending =
either:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dynamode R-ADSL-C4 =
(=A331)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href=3D"http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D962=
21">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D96221</=
a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>or <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>DLink DSL-504T (=A347) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href=3D"http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D101=
984">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D101984=
</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

though I think his suggestions are based on MS =
Windows
experience. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

Both units would seem to do most everything I&#8217;d =
want
for the time being and would appear to support Linux, at least through =
the
ethernet connection. <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

Does anyone have direct experience of either of these =
working
with FreeBSD? <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

To my ADSL-inexpert eye the spec for the Dynamode =
looks the more
comprehensive of the two. Does anyone know a good reason why it might be =
worth
spending the extra for the Dlink? &#8211; or is there a still better (or =
still cheaper)
unit out there which would do the same sort of job? I don&#8217;t think =
I the BT
line will support anything faster than 512M/s at =
present.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many thanks for any useful =
hints<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Charles B<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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