What sort of uptime do you get with your RTA020? The one we had wouldn't
last a week, typically had to be power cycled every three days. This is a
fairly well known problem.

We now have an RTA220, which has great uptime. Only flaw I have with it is
that according to the advertised product specs:
"SNMPv1/v2 agent with MIB-II, PPP MIB, ADSL Line MIB." however:

<quote>
ADSL Line MIB isn't supported by the current firmware 4.2.x.x nor the
future release 5.0.0.x. The RTA020 is different. It supports ADSL Line MIB
under Virata's ISOS 7.1 code tree. However our R&D people had previously
decided not to port these codes to our ISOS 8.1/8.2 SR1/8.2 SR2 code trees
for RTA220/300/300.
</quote>

So if you plan on using the likes of MRTG to graph your traffic, you're
limited to #ethernet usage, which is near useless.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <jasong1@xtra.co.nz>
To: <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: (Cheap) ADSL modems - need advice

> I picked up a great Dynalink RTA020 ADSL Router from trade me , I know it
is
> quite old but for $80 I thought it was a good price , Before that I had
used
> internal pci and then usb , all of them I had problems with espically when
> trying to use the latest kernel version of linux , but with the Ethernet
> router all is so much better , I even managed to get a 16 port netgear
> router with upload link feature for $30, so plugged the adsl router into
it
> and now all 5 computers in our household is networked and able to access
the
> net , was a very very cheap solution for us.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On
Behalf
> Of leety@ihug.co.nz
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:22 PM
> To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
> Subject: (Cheap) ADSL modems - need advice
>
>
>
> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I'm thinking of getting a cheap ADSL modem, probably from
>
> Trademe, and need some advice.
>
>
>
> Are there any modems/routers you would recommend I stay away
>
> from? Bear in mind since I'm looking for cheap, most of the
>
> modems tend to be old PCI or USB usually Dynalink, Dlink,
>
> Puretek, Turbocomm etc... I'm not looking for perfection,
>
> provided the modem doesn't disconnect say more then once a
>
> day or have terrible pings would be ok. It's also only
>
> intended for temporary use so provided it can handle at
>
> least 256/128k, even if it doesn't squeeze the most out of
>
> my line is fine. (When I checked my line with the old line
>
> check tool, it was supposed to be good so hopefully that is
>
> accurate). Linux support is useful but is not essential and
>
> is something which I can usually find out myself...
>
>
>
> The only problem I've identified is the Ni500. From
>
> following discussions on this board, and checking up in the
>
> archive, I've gathered the Ni500 has a overheating problem
>
> and can have frequent disconnects for some people. The black
>
> case is better then the blue but still has this problem. In
>
> any case, this router doesn't have DMZ or any way of getting
>
> the IP to a computer (half-bridge, PPTP whatever) so it
>
> isn't suitable for me as I intend to keep my Windows router.
>
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