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On Monday 22 Jun 2015 02:49:24 Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> Not long ago I bought an Asus DSL-N14U and I've been impressed by its |
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> abilities, especially since it's quite cheap. One feature I particularly |
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> like is its guest networks (I have a lady of advanced years* next-door), |
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> of which it can establish three. But its logging feature is woefully |
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> limited, whether remote or local: I get lots of empty or incomplete log |
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> entries, which Asus says it can't improve. It has a few other minor bugs |
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> too. |
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> Does anyone here know of a "professional" version of this modem, or an |
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> equivalent? I mean one that does the whole job, not just what it needs to |
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> do to get past the marketing department**. I'd like proper logs, and finer |
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> control over what traffic is allowed between wired and wireless LANs, and |
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> to/from the WAN of course. Even suitable Google search terms would be |
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> good. |
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Have you tried to flush it with tomato, OpenWRT, or equivalent firmware? |
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http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69 |
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Yours is not listed on the suitable hardware list and I wouldn't jump to the |
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conclusion that it is a rebadged Linksys, so you better check with their |
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forums/ML/IRC before you end up bricking it. |
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> PPPoA is not used here in the UK as far as I know. |
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PPPoA has been used in ADSL provided by BT local exchanges from the start. |
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Later on BT upgraded their exchanges and PPPoE was made available, but PPPoA |
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was retained for backward compatibility. For some reason AOL required PPPoE |
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instead of PPPoA. PPPoE has a bigger header due to the additional |
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encapsulation of ATM into Ethernet packets, so not as efficient as PPPoA which |
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contains PPP directly within the ATM cells. I believe that FTTC uses IPoE, |
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but I haven't looked into it, because it won't be available where I am for a |
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while yet. |
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For more advance hardware you could look at: |
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http://routerboard.com/ |
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http://www.firebrick.co.uk/products_2500.php |
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or even Rasberry Pi2 alternatives, some of which come with two ethernet ports |
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and can be used as routers if you set up your old router as a bridged modem. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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