[AusNOG] Going beyond ADSL in a non-NBN world

[Jake Anderson]

On 24/03/14 23:20, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 22:42 +1100, Guy Ellis wrote:
>> I think the key to your problem is...
>> "At the moment most of our sites use a standard consumer-grade ADSL
>> modem in bridging mode"
>> That would imply that you don't have access to any DSL stats from the modem?
> Certainly not all, but definitely some ADSL router/modems continue to be
> addressable in bridge mode. Even some low-end models, like the Draytek
> Vigor120, provide line stats even when in bridge mode. It doesn't seem
> to be the sort of thing they put in the spec sheets though, so a bit
> hard to find out before you buy.
>
> Regards, K.
>
Just a small heads up for this particular OP.
I've had issues with draytec's in bridge mode with linux PPPoE running 
through them dumping the connection every hour and 6 minutes.
They may well have fixed it by now they were very rapid to respond to a 
query on WP but I never followed up as I swapped out the modem before 
doing any further diagnostics.

So do a test somewhere you can easily access before putting it in the 
back side of whoop whoop.

Other than that they are nice gear and I use them in several locations 
non bridged.