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raytaylor

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#34380 23-May-2009 02:11
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Hey everyone.
I am about to go and replace my USR dsl routers with some new ADSL2+ ones and am interested if anyone can recomend a model that will

- Support 1000+ connections in the nat table. Cheap dynalinks or dlinks dont do this and this is the most important feature I need. My 5 year old USR's support 2000 connections.

 - Half bridge mode / PPP IP Extension  

I am tempted to go and buy a couple of new USR's but their design has changed and looks cheap so I am wondering what the experts here recomend.




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  #217252 23-May-2009 16:45
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Sounds like you're already half way to figuring out that the best thing to do it get a a single port ADSL2+ modem and half bridge it to a something that can run Tomato, DD-WRT or OpenWRT.

I'm using a Linksys AM300 and a Linksys WRT54GL (running Tomato) currently myself.  Was using a Dynalink 1320 for the modem for about 1.5 years before it died.

Modem options...

Linksys AM300:  
Had flakey firmware originally but I don't have a problem since the update in April last year.  Uses a Texas Instruments chipset.  Works fine on telecom equipment, haven't tried it on a LLU connection yet.

Draytek Vigor 120:
Uses Infineon chipset.  Even better than ppoa half bridge is does ppoa > ppoe conversion. Apparently has problems on LLU equipment though (Orcon+ and Vodafone red) according to a previous thread on geekzone there might be a firmware fix in the works.

Dynalink 1320:
Broadcom chipset, known to work fine on telecom gear and LLU as far as I am aware.   Has a reputation for running hot and dying after 1-2 years of use.  Can get them for peanuts off trademe normally as they used to be given out as the free modem for a lot of ISP's.

DSE:
Apparently DSE has a single port ADSL2+ modem using the broadcom chipset like the Dynalink but it doesn't run hot and die.  Haven't tried it myself but it sounds good

Router options...

Check the Tomato, DD-WRT and Open WRT sites for what they support.

I know the Linksys WRT54GL is very widely supported and that the Asus 520WLG works pretty well with Tomato (apart from no usb support)

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