[AusNOG] ADSL Bridge Modems

[James Andrewartha]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Morgan Reed wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 9:59 PM, James Andrewartha <trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>       Someone pointed out the Draytek VigorNIC 132(F), which is essentially a
>       Vigor 130 on a PCIe card presenting a bridged ethernet interface to the
>       host. So no DSL driver issues, it would suit people who run their
>       firewalls on PC hardware. The F version also features an SFP cage instead
>       of an RJ-45 port. https://www.draytek.com.au/products/xdsl-routers/vigornic-132f/
> 
> Nice so long as the ethernet chipset on the card isn't a POS, last time I dealt with an "ADSL router on a PCI card" type deal
> (admittedly, many years ago now) the ethernet chipset on the card was an RTL8139...

Well, this one is a "Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller" driven by r8169
https://fbdragon.co.uk/static/2016/09/19/draytek-vigornic-132/

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