Need to buy a DSL modem.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:41 pm

Please recommend a nice DSl modem with PPPOE.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:42 pm

Lost in the mail?

Post by **Foo** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:45 pm

You can find some comprehensive reviews here:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/reviews/

Personally I'd go with their recommendations.

A couple of personal notes:
The Linksys is a nice model, but a big unit, no wall mount that I'm aware of, and I personally dislike the web interface as it seems quite inflexible.
The netgear model uses their standard casing for all their units, and in my experience they run hot and the LEDs are dim and hard to read. The netgear units I've used (not this one in particular) are also prone to locking up under heavy load (P2P).

Post by **netrex** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:46 pm

I have a SpeedTouch 605a I think it is. Works very well for me, but I've been told that Billion has some good ones also.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:47 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:Lost in the mail?

No, I got theirs. But I'm not paying $110.00 for the piece of shit that they sent me.

Post by **SoM** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:49 pm

ROGERS.COM

Post by **SoM** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:50 pm

idiot

Post by **SoM** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:50 pm

fuck you

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:53 pm

Now, now, don't get your panties all in a bunch.

Post by **SoM** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:54 pm

i'm just saying u should switch to rogers

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:58 pm

I'm switching from Rogers.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:06 am

SpeedStream never had a problem with them.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:19 am

They gave me the Alcatel Speedtouch 510.
I think I'll upgrade to either the latest modem or buy another brand.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:24 am

Don't waste your money, just get a cheap speedstream from ebay. That modem is hardly worth $110.00

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 54307&rd=1

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:24 am

shiznit wrote:SpeedStream never had a problem with them.

Same.. i have a Speedstream 5100 and it has all the PPPOE built into it.. so no NEED for a router for 1 machine

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:28 am

I'd still get a newer D-Link router cause they are cheap now and work better then the older ones.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:29 am

I got a Speedstream 5200 at the moment, for the 2 years I had it running almost 24/7 and never had it disconnect or anything.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:31 am

shiznit wrote:I'd still get a newer D-Link router cause they are cheap now and work better then the older ones.

Dlink routers are horrible.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:32 am

Only the older ones are, the newer ones are great. And there is firmware upgrades for the older ones, I know because I have a 704 that used to suck (random disconnects) but the newer firmware has stopped that and added a bunch more functions.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:33 am

shiznit wrote:I got a Speedstream 5200 at the moment, for the 2 years I had it running almost 24/7 and never had it disconnect or anything.

Had a 5200 die.. CONSTANT disconnects for zero reason.. 5100 oddly has been 100X better..

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:36 am

Dunno I've had a 5360 & now the 5200 and had no problems with them. I never bought them, ISP switching has allowed me to use both of these.

Gnet is the worst modem ever, stay away from it.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:39 am

shiznit wrote:Dunno I've had a 5360 & now the 5200 and had no problems with them. I never bought them, ISP switching has allowed me to use both of these.

Gnet is the worst modem ever, stay away from it.

LOL 5360.. man that was the first modem SBC gave me.. what a peice of shit that thing was..

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:41 am

Never had a problem with it.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:41 am

Disconnects, 2 LEDS burnt out, Stopped doing the whole disconnect thing, Started smoking one day..

lol

i have bad luck with dsl modems

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:44 am

That's odd, I used to setup internet for a bunch of friends cause they didn't know fuck all about computers and they also had the 5360s. Some of em still have them running, and this is like 4, 5 years ago.