From nobody Fri Apr 21 14:04:06 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Q2x8n5Mymz46SfM for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (ns.dreamchaser.org [66.109.141.57]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "discoveriesinwood.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Q2x8n2JmWz4HQX for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from [192.168.151.122] (breakaway [192.168.151.122]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 33LE46F0017439; Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:04:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Message-ID: <3028dca4-4399-da14-80f3-8543f527dae7@dreamchaser.org> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:04:06 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.7.0 Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Subject: Re: DSL modem recommendations Content-Language: en-US To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <58a00e72-8b4c-cfb6-b5b4-8cc40f960bd5@dreamchaser.org> From: Gary Aitken In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.4 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [192.168.151.101]); Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:04:06 -0600 (MDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Q2x8n2JmWz4HQX X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:21947, ipnet:66.109.128.0/19, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 4/20/23 22:53, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:59 PM Gary Aitken > > wrote: > > My Zyxel 642R appears to be dying; can't deal with a 10Mbps line. > Recommendation from my ISP is a Zyxel VMG 4005-B50B. > > I'm wondering if others have different recommendations. Also > wondering what the difference between a B50B and a B50A are; it's > not obvious to me looking at specs, other than the B50A supports > G.993.1 VDSL which shouldn't be important I don't think. > I'd go with something that is MODERN! > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5C139T?tag=theapprovedmodems-20&linkCode=assoc-rails-rate-card-link-code-tw3&th=1&psc=1 Doesn't do much good when you live in a rural location where top speed is 10 Mbps and they have to put a repeater on the line to get that. Gary