What DSL modem do people use with a WRT54GL?

losimagic · 16 Apr 2007 at 10:06

Some help needed setting up zoom X3 with wrt54gl - see latest post

I've had this router for a while now (running Tomato) and it's fantastic, however the ethernet modem I was using (a safecom 4112) was terrible and it died after a month so now I'm searching for a new one. As far as I know, the new one needs to be able to provide PPPOA in half-bridge mode but it's not very easy to find one that says it does that so I thought I'd ask here as you always seem to know the answers

Many Thanks!

Avalon · 16 Apr 2007 at 11:57

Draytek Vigor 100, Linksys AM200, D-Link DSL-320T, NETGEAR DM111P, Zoom or Zyxcel also do Ethernet modems. I can't tell you what's best out of the above as i've never used any of them. I have used my Netgear 834 in it's undocumented bridgemode for testing but it was only as proof of concept.

Scythe · 16 Apr 2007 at 16:51

I use a Zoom X3 5560. Works for me.

losimagic · 16 Apr 2007 at 19:37

Scythe said:
I use a Zoom X3 5560. Works for me.

Thanks, I can't find that in stock anywhere easily but I have found the 5660 which appears to be the ADSL2 equivalent (also a bit cheaper) - would an ADSL2 modem work on an ADSL line?

tolien · 16 Apr 2007 at 20:47

Yes. ADSL2+ kit is backwards compatible.

losimagic · 18 Apr 2007 at 20:54

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