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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just curious, did you try using an attenuator (either resistors or a reel of cable) when you are close to the node? That seems like a rather strange
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 13 March 2017 3:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Benjamin Ricardo <ben.ricardo@acs.net.au><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] VDSL equivalent to TP-Link TD-8817 for use in bridge mode<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yeah the Vigor 130 is awesome, with one caveat - it struggles to maintain sync if you're 'too' close to the node. The one I had was rock-solid when I was 590m to the node. When we shifted to our current place, which is only 90m to the
node, it refused to maintain sync for more than ~30 minutes at a time). They also sync slightly lower than other modems.. (58/17 at our previous place, compared to 63/21 on a TG799 and NF4V).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm using a Huawei HG658 at the moment, and it's quite rock solid in bridge mode - with the caveat that any port you put into bridge with the PTM interface drops out of the LAN bridge, so you need TWO ethernet ports connected, if you want
to be able to manage the device while in bridge mode.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The NF4V is a horrendous router, but does ok in bridge mode - though I've seen it do strange things where it won't actually bridge to the LAN unless there's an active PPPOE session up on the modem itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the customer isn't too close to the node, I'd definitely go the 130, because once you load the vectoring firmware (make sure you do!), it 'just works'. If they are close to the node, I'd use the HG658.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 13 March 2017 at 15:48, Benjamin Ricardo <<a href="mailto:ben.ricardo@acs.net.au" target="_blank">ben.ricardo@acs.net.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Draytek Vigor 130</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We use them everywhere exactly as you described.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> AusNOG
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Selbst<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 13 March 2017 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] VDSL equivalent to TP-Link TD-8817 for use in bridge mode</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Anyone know of there's a VDSL equivalent to the venerable TP-Link TD-8817 for use in FTTN NBN scenarios?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Looking for a no frills VDSL modem to use purely in bridge mode is proving harder than expected. I don't want any WiFi, VoIP ata, switch or any other functionality. VDSL WAN and a single
LAN interface would be ideal in a small physical package would be ideal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Everything currently on the market seems to have the kitchen sink built-in plus they are physically massive.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>
VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br>
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We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>
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