Linksys

[JohnJuniorV3]

Hi guys

Are there any good linksys modems out there? Good at keeping the line stable etc....?
We receive these at cost, so it makes sence to buy one

Thanks

 

[isie]

Hi guys

Are there any good linksys modems out there? Good at keeping the line stable etc....?
We receive these at cost, so it makes sence to buy one

Thanks

what you mean are they good ? IMO They the best , I am currently using a WRT54G and i just got my WRT54G2 and busy setting it up when I saw your thread.

 

[dekana]

Hi guys

Are there any good linksys modems out there? Good at keeping the line stable etc....?
We receive these at cost, so it makes sence to buy one

Thanks

I have 3 WRT54GL's in my home right now.

1 of them I use as an access point.

The other 2 I use to connect my desktop computers to my wireless network.

In 3+ years of doing this I've never once had a problem, its been so stable that it might as well have been a direct network cable from the PC's to the ADSL router

 

[Roman4604]

Are there any good linksys modems out there? Good at keeping the line stable etc....?
We receive these at cost, so it makes sence to buy one

The ones that uses the Broadcom ADSL chipset.

 

[Dean]

Hi guys

Are there any good linksys modems out there? Good at keeping the line stable etc....?
We receive these at cost, so it makes sence to buy one

Thanks

Cisco Linksys WAG120N is the basic consumer all-in-one.

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

Cisco Linksys WAG120N is the basic consumer all-in-one.

I have the WAG320N and I am constantly having issues... looking for a better one

 

[Roman4604]

I have the WAG320N and I am constantly having issues... looking for a better one

Strange, the WAG320N should be using a Broadcom chipset, which in my experience is the best. I have two Broadcom based modems, a TPlink TD8840 and Dlink 2500U (backup), and both are rock steady (±3.5Mbps sync) on my long marginal link (59dB attn) to the same exchange as you (Fourways).

So my guess would be that there are other environmental factors causing your problems (or you modem is partially damaged). Also to my knowledge Telkom run 3 different make/models of DSLAMs at Fourways, possibly you're on one that doesn't gel so well with the Broadcom?

To completely eliminate your current modem and chipset (DSLAM compatibility), I'd try to find something like an el-cheapo Billion 5200(S) or TPlink TD8840T, which use the TrendChip chipset. If that doesn't work then your line or DSLAM port/card are somewhere faulty, and its only Telkom that can rectify it.

 

[JohnJuniorV3]

Strange, the WAG320N should be using a Broadcom chipset, which in my experience is the best. I have two Broadcom based modems, a TPlink TD8840 and Dlink 2500U (backup), and both are rock steady (±3.5Mbps sync) on my long marginal link (59dB attn) to the same exchange as you (Fourways).

So my guess would be that there are other environmental factors causing your problems (or you modem is partially damaged). Also to my knowledge Telkom run 3 different make/models of DSLAMs at Fourways, possibly you're on one that doesn't gel so well with the Broadcom?

To completely eliminate your current modem and chipset (DSLAM compatibility), I'd try to find something like an el-cheapo Billion 5200(S) or TPlink TD8840T, which use the TrendChip chipset. If that doesn't work then your line or DSLAM port/card are somewhere faulty, and its only Telkom that can rectify it.

Weird huh... Where about are you? Rd? We have had so many faults open for the past 2 months, we had a very stable 4 mb, (was in 6mb, so we usually got 4.5-5mb) then our Internet went down for 3 months and then they eventually fixed it, it was the whole exchange area thingy, the wires under the manhole were under strain and that's why our connection died, it was only a few of us, so after another 5 days it was up but we were only syncing at 1-2 mb and ever since then our adsl is very, very bad

 

[Roman4604]

Weird huh... Where about are you? Rd?

East side, across Main Rd.

ever since then our adsl is very, very bad

Sounds like no modem is going to help you. There seems to be an inherent fault with the infrastructure toward the exchange.

All you can hope is that the conversation to the closer MSANs will bypass the damaged infrastructure.