On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 08:43:44AM +1100, Morgan Storey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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.
I do not think that the dsl-502T is made for more then the simple stuff, i.e. as a bridge, however for this its rock solid! I am away from the exchange about 3.5Km and the downloads are about 720kb/s(steady). I had to turn it off yesterday morning as I did some phone cable re-routing, but this is what the modem reports just now (yes this is 1.3 GB since 14.00 yesterday) Rx PDU's 1019840 Rx Total Bytes 1358496516 Rx Total Error Counts 1727 > AFAIK the DSL-502T is running linux. I have had some issues with the latest Oh yes: [root ~] #>telnet XX.XX.XX.XX Trying XX.XX.XX.XX... Connected to XX.XX.XX.XX Escape character is '^]'. BusyBox on (none) login: XXXXXX Password: BusyBox v0.61.pre (2007.11.02-05:10+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. # > 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. I have no problem running firefox (we do not use IE, its blocked at the firewall) This modem has another cool feature. It is impossible to get to any modem in bridge mode without having a second interface, this one has an ethernet AND usb port, so what I did as my setup is (on the LINUX router): eth2: USB based virtual network card that is connected to the USB port of the DSL-502T eth1: INTERNAL LAN facing network eth0: BRIDGE based nework card used for ppp that is connected to the eth port of the dsl-502T ppp0: my WAN based IP address. I do not need a fancy modem, as the linux router does what I need much better/faster although I have to admit that because of the busy box on the 502T its getting "close". But on the router I have some fancy cpus ... Jobst > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. > > > > -- > > Pete > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > Regards > Morgan Storey > Senior Network and Security Consultant. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, [EMAIL PROTECTED], General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
