[svlug] Actiontec GT701D

[Rick Moen]

Michael Robinson wrote:

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

This question seems to presuppose that significant numbers of Linux users go
out and buy many different makes/models of ADSL bridge[1] and then spend
time comparing/contrasting them, storing away notes on those comparison
sessions, and thereafter are ready to dredge up the results whenever someone
wants to know about any of them.

That's kind of flattering, but I think pretty unrealistic.  Now, if you luck
out, and some guy who tests ADSL bridges all day long and has no
confidentiality obstacle happens to be a mailing list member, then you win
and congratulations.  On the other hand, if you continue to get no answer to
that question, please consider that you might be asking the wrong question.


> Can [the GT701D] 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?

All of these questions are answered in the manual, which Actiontec makes
available online in PDF format.  You might want to, y'know, read the
friendly manual.


[1] Manufacturers of ADSL consumer hardware including Actiontec seems to
have all made the depressing choice of referring to these units as 'modems',
probably because that's a metaphor for what they do tha non-techical people
can readily 'get'.  However, for the record, modem is one thing they
absolutely are not.  They are not modulator/demodulator hardware.  A basic
unit is an ADSL bridge, and that is all an ADSL customer actually needs.
Actiontec has chosen to also cram a bunch of other router-type functionality
into this one - but no modem.