Re: DSL modem recommendations
- In reply to: Gary Aitken : "Re: DSL modem recommendations"
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:14:33 UTC
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 5:04 PM Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > On 4/20/23 22:53, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:59 PM Gary Aitken > > <freebsd@dreamchaser.org <mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org>> 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 > At least you get a taste of "future" speeds within the LAN :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]