[AusNOG] ADSL Modem Testing

[Joshua D'Alton]

Do you mean "it auths and I downloaded a file"    "3 day burn in"   or
"long term reliability testing"?

Probably the same answer. Depending on cost of modem, just ship two and
have small cost to ship back once it's all good and small warehousing
overhead?

sent from a potato
On 21/11/2014 7:52 pm, "Joseph Goldman" <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
>  Was wondering on ideas for testing ADSL modem's in office before sending
> out? Whether its pre-configured before drop-shipping, testing a possible
> faulty etc etc.
>
>  The obvious solution is to have a phone line with service installed ready
> for testing - which we actually have. One Telstra DSLAM one Optus DSLAM to
> test both networks.
>
>  The real problem is - NBNCo has rolled out in the area, and these
> services are due to disconnect early-mid 2015. Very annoying as we service
> plenty of areas requiring ADSL Support - and with FTTN rolling out in NBN,
> and our area being FTTP, we will also need a way to support and test VDSL
> stuff as well.
>
>  With that my only solution to think of to date is getting an extremely
> small DSLAM that supports both modes and maybe some big coils to emulate
> line length (lol). I havent found many 'cheap' DSLAMs (cheap enough to sit
> around for non full-time use and no $$ return).
>
>  Are there any other solutions to this problem I'm not considering?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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