[olug] Alltell / Windstream and a new DSL modem...

[Dan Staehr]

the Speedstream DSL modems are junk, I've had several customers that 
have had problems with them, granted, all of them using Windows boxes. I 
had one too for a short while before switching to Road Runner.

While Speedstream is the modem of choice from the ISP, is there any 
other alternatives like a DSL modem/wireless router that would work.

Also OT for a Linux list, but do any of you have experience with 
satelite broadband or long range wireless access. I have a client in 
Raymond, NE that is using DSL and has had all sorts of problems.

Dan Staehr
Staehr Media Services

treinke at gmail.com wrote:
> The current DSL modem that Windstream is shipping out is the Speedstream  
> 4200. It come configured to act as a router with firewall and DHCP. You can  
> change it to bridge mode and have the netgear handle the PPPoE by going to  
> http://192.168.254.254/brgmode.htm
>
> On Jan 29, 2009 11:18am, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>   
>>> My parents are needing a new DSL modem for their AllTell (now  
>>>       
> Windstream?)
>   
>>
>> Yes, Windstream.
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a DSL modem that will work with
>>>       
>>> AllTell/Windstream?
>>>       
>>
>> Unless you have a compelling technical reason, I'd get whichever
>>
>> modem the ISP recommends. That will be the one they're most familiar
>>
>> with, and they're well versed in the technical issues that cause
>>
>> incompatabilities with their circuit hardware.
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> And aside from PPPoE, are there any other technical issues that I  
>>>       
> should be
>   
>>> aware of when replacing a DSL modem? They'll be using a small Netgear  
>>>       
> home
>   
>>> firewall so we'll be putting the modem into "pass-through mode" --  
>>>       
> that's
>   
>>> the correct term, right?
>>>       
>>
>> So are you going to setup the Netgear firewall to do PPPoE, or
>>
>> do you just mean you want to turn off any firewall/DHCP on the
>>
>> modem?
>>
>>
>>
>> I couldn't tell you which model DSL modem I have, but I remember
>>
>> that I had to get a special one in order to handle my static
>>
>> IP block. I have the modem setup in pass-through mode, and my
>>
>> Linux firewall handles the PPPoE itself. I just took whichever
>>
>> modem the Internet Nebraska techs recommended for me, and it's
>>
>> worked flawlessly.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth obiwan at jedi.com
>>
>> The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
>>
>> Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
>>
>> promise that You will pull me through. -- Rich Mullins
>>
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