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Can anyone recommend a plain, normal, DSL modem with an ethernet port? Not a router, not a wireless router, not a linux machine pretending to be a modem in half-bridge mode on a sluggish CPU, an actual normal DSL modem with one connection that doesn't do a damn thing extra?

The reason why is our connection at work keeps crapping out and I'm fairly sure that the number of people we have is too much for these crappy consumer grade all-in-one modem/router combos like the one we have installed now. We also need a bit more in the way of management features, so I've gone out and gotten a ZyXel Zywall 5 UTM to handle the routing and bandwidth management. But it's designed to uplink to a standard 10/100 interface, and I'm having a hard time finding a plain ordinary modem locally. Everything I find is a goddamn router!

Any suggestions? I'm really stuck here.
 
so why not buy one of these router, hook it up and tell your zytel device to use it as its default gateway, also I know netgears routers can be set to run as a modem/interface ie you create a pppoe connection using software on a pc or a hardware device.
 
evilsee said:
so why not buy one of these router, hook it up and tell your zytel device to use it as its default gateway, also I know netgears routers can be set to run as a modem/interface ie you create a pppoe connection using software on a pc or a hardware device.
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I see you did not read my post, where I say things like "not a linux machine pretending to be a modem in half-bridge mode on a sluggish CPU" and "the number of people we have is too much for these crappy consumer grade all-in-one modem/router combos".

Just forwarding the traffic from the zyxel to the piece of crap router is not likely to improve things much, since the router is already struggling. What difference does it make if it comes from one IP or many? It's the same number of different TCP streams, and I'd much rather have it handled on the zyxel which is rated for 50mbps with hardware accelerated layer 7 inspection than some cheap ass router that's going to get choked, like it does now.
 
Have a look at the Netgear DG834. Running 3 of them with no hassles

Can be switched in to Modem only mode
 
DraK said:
Have a look at the Netgear DG834. Running 3 of them with no hassles

Can be switched in to Modem only mode
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Gee guess which one I'm running now that totally can't cope? That's right, DG834 v3.

From http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54426

"Commercial 'adsl routers' that offer half-bridge mode called zipb, dhcp spoof, IP extension etc all seem to have various issues, some still run NAT internally - just hide it - but will then fail under heavy P2P etc."

I could try setting it to modem-only mode, but the question is what's it doing internally? If it still has the same limitations because it's still running the NAT just with full forwarding, it will likely have the same choking issues it does now.

But I'd really rather just get a "normal" modem if possible. So back to my original question, are there any around locally?
 
cipha said:
better have a look at cisco router if you have SOOO many ppl
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Already have a router: http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_fa...yGroupNo=D7ED938C-71E6-4F9A-8779-62F6509D5C62

Just need a modem.

Does anyone know if the DG834's "modem only" mode is full bridge (fully transparent) or half bridge (still runs PPPOE on the router)?

JohnnyQ said:
D-Link have the DSL-2500U.
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They also have the DSL-2320B: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=554

But I'm not sure if I can find it anywhere in the country.
 
After a lot of searching here and elsewhere it seems like the 834's bridge mode is full, so I'm going to give that a try. If not, I'll probably look at that d-link 2300u. Thanks.
 
Gldm said:
Gee guess which one I'm running now that totally can't cope? That's right, DG834 v3.
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Try the DG834GT ... it's Broadcom CPU runs at double the speed of the bogo DG834 (200Mhz vs 80Mhz).
 
From what I know with them the bridge mode of the DH834 series does not NAT anything, it basically connects a the chipset to your ethenet port and uses is as an internal device, the cpu should be minimally used and the routing features disabled. Your server or Zyxel router should be able to handle the PPPoE connection.When you dunm those routers down to bridge mode then you are just using the DSL hardware.

I agree with cipha tho, you should probably have looked at a cisco solution before getting the zyxel.
 
aslo looking for good dsl modem - JUST A MODEM and not a combo to go with my dgl4300 game lounge router.

the DSL-2500U that bethesha supplies is a modem/router and not just the modem part.

seems that http://d-link.co.za bit offish on their sales email - suppose a call or two will do the trick.

:update

confirmed the dsl-2500u according to d-link south africa is a modem.router combo
 
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