[svlug] Actiontec GT701D...

Michael Robinson plug_1 at robinson-west.com
Mon Dec 22 17:38:34 PST 2014


Does this particular modem work better than a D-Link ADSL2+ 520B?

The problem I'm having with the D-Link modem, I lose the ability to ping
and worse after a while and have to power cycle the modem.

The Actiontec GT701D modem is advertised as being low temperature and
low power.  Can it handle 80-92 degrees fahrenheit?  Can DHCP be turned
off?  I have a static Internet subnet, so will this modem work with
that?  Is the modem PPPoE ready?  The setup of our static subnet is 
a bit odd.  I have one global IP for the modem and five others in the
same block.  The current modem routes for the whole entire block.

Another option is a TP-Link ADSL2+ modem.  No wireless on the modem
please.  

Hard to compare DSL modems and even harder to find out if one has a
buffering bug for example.  I'm pretty sure that this is what is wrong
with my D-Link modems.  Perhaps the D-Link doesn't have much memory 
and runs into trouble recovering memory over time.  Hardly any time
passes and you can't ping across the modem.  The Dlink DSL-520B is
supposed to use open source software, but I can't get the source 
code for the OS :-(

Having to power cycle a DSL modem so smtp will work and ping will work 
is unacceptable.  I hope there is a DSL modem that doesn't need to be
power cycled every month or so.  One concern I have about a "green DSL
modem," there is no time to sleep for an always on connection.




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