[ILUG] DSL modems and linux.

[Ewan Oughton]

How often do you have to reboot your modem?

My Zyxel runs a telnetd, I've never had to use it though, I think I've 
powercycled my modem once since Feb..


Ewan




Ewan Oughton B.Sc. Comp Sys
DB / AnonFTP / Orac Root Admin SkyNet


On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Tom Byrne wrote:

> On 11/13/06, Ewan Oughton <ewan at skynet.ie> wrote:
>> You can use a blackbox DSL modem, and get it to forward the raw PPP frames
>> to your linux box, and terminate the connection there. The Zyxel box I got
>> from Esat/BT allows this, I just haven't bothered doing it.
>
> Problem with that solution is that I can't dial in and reboot the
> modem, not without some funky apc masterswitch gear, or hardware
> hacking the modem powerswitch to a com / parallel port controlled
> relay. I'd really like to go the modem route.
>
> Just found this modem card from Sangoma... anyone come across this before?
> http://www.sangoma.com/datasheets/p_s518adsl-specs
>
> Tom
>