[AusNOG] ADSL Modem Testing

[Julien Goodwin]

Purely for lab use you can pick up DSLAMs fairly cheap on eBay if you
keep an eye out.

I have an old Zyxel unit in my Melbourne lab, it's only ADSL1, but that
was fine for the things I was testing at the time.

I've been hoping a small GPON OLT will pop up at some point, but I guess
those are still too valuable to let go of.


On 22/11/14 00:30, Burt Mascareigne wrote:
> Just piggy backing off this with a some what similar issue. 
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> Can I have my own DSLAM?  Maybe hook up a Cisco to be my LNS to it, and
> route traffic out my general gateway.  So,  I guess:
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> ADSL Modem àCopper Pair àDSLAM àCisco 2560XM (doing LNS) àStd Internet.
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> I would like to do testing,  maybe pull 50 gig file though it and ensure
> it never drops / goes up and down etc etc
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> Also,  I would like this set to test ADSL on premises.  For example, 
> plug in my DSLAM and LNS down at the MDF,  hook in my modem out in the
> field or IDF,  and test. 
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> Or,  am I asking for too much?
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> Also,  Joe,  ZyXEL have VDSL models,  but they look crazy expensive. 
> This one is around $1.7K  which is “somewhat” in budget.
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> I saw this: 
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> http://www.tmgtestequipment.com.au/products/index.php?app=bkd0&ns=prodshow&ref=BRF_L100&sid=4vx3ufy3e734brq760s34azbwexx6y68
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> Not sure if that’s what I want.
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> Also,  this looks promising:
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> http://www.zyxel.com/au/en/products_services/ies_612_51_series.shtml?t=p
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> Any one with exp. With this,  would help me and Joe. 
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> Burt Mascareigne
> Technician
> Mob: 0414 450 962
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> 
> Your Needs, Our Priority
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> *From:*AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of
> *Joshua D'Alton
> *Sent:* Friday, 21 November 2014 8:18 PM
> *To:* Joseph Goldman
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] ADSL Modem Testing
> 
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> 
> 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
> <mailto: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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