Re: ADSL modem compatability.

From: Andy Baxter (news4_at_earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 23:19:33 +0100

Robert M. Riches Jr. said:

> In article <pan.2004.05.07.21.43.25.906736@earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk>, \
> Andy Baxter wrote:
>>
>> The easiest way is with a modem/router - I found a cheap one from spark
>> that has 4 ethernet ports and a web page control panel, which should work
>> with just about any OS you can think of.
>
> Suggestion: If the cheap one is a Siemens SpeedStream
> (SpeedBump) 2604, get something else. The SS2604 drops
> packets coming from the LAN, as proven by an ethereal
> session a while ago. This impacts NNTP, interaction with
> the router's built-in web interface, and maybe other
> things. My workaround is to keep a quiet ping to the router
> running whenever I'm reading news or browsing the web.
>

It's branded as 'sparkcom', with a conexant chipset and rom. No product
name/number on the case. It's mostly been working fine - the only problem
I've had with it is when I tried running a peer to peer net radio
streaming program called 'streamer' - after a while of running this, the
modem would hang up and need rebooting. Thinking about it, probably not
one to recommend though. 

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