[AusNOG] Telstra DOT modem options

[Jarryd Sullivan]

Hey Jason,

Have had experience with a number of the DOT services both using the DEVG2020 and the newer v7610. In both cases we've experienced a heap of issues as you've described. We attempted to put in Cisco 887VA's and found they do not work on DOT services. When speaking to the DOT team they advised us the device supplied is the only device able to authenticate the service. We tried MAC address spoofing on the Cisco however still found the same issue. Have not spent any more time around getting them working. Unfortunately for NBN and DSL we've had to in both cases get the customer to provision a 2nd internet service as a work around.

I did manage to have a customer that argued enough with their account manager to get the device restrictions removed and we have a single DOT service working with a Cisco 887VA, however it took a lot of battling to get Telstra to let this happen.

Jarryd Sullivan


From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Jason Xiros
Sent: Thursday, 26 May 2016 11:44 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Telstra DOT modem options


I'm not happy with our Telstra Netgear v7610 -
 * regular DSL dropouts
 * unable to change the hostname (seriously!)
 * no snmp management
 * unconventional shape wastes a lot of space in the rack

Has anybody tried replacing it with something more enterprise-friendly (like a Cisco 887VA)

Is there any reason why that shouldn't work?

Many thanks,
Jason

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