recommendation for basic adsl modem?

[keigen]

My fusion service has been erratic and has been dropping out over the past month, and the tech that Sonic sent out has tentatively pinned the problem on the Motorola 2210 I bought from Sonic when I signed up two years ago. I don't want to get the new Pace modem that Sonic offers, both because it's on a rental program and because it doesn't run DD-WRT, which I'm running on my router. Does anyone have any recommendations for a basic ADSL modem that can run in bridge mode to link to my router? I'm hesitant to just pick one randomly based on internet reviews, because the one I had before the Motorola didn't work at all.

Thanks for any help.

[dane]

No specific suggestions on modems - really any ADSL2+ capable modem should be fine.

But, with regards to DD-WRT, there is a bug where it blocks the DHCP lease renewal, so you'll be knocked offline briefly every five minutes. This bug has existed in DD-WRT for a long, long time, and I don't know if it's being addressed by the maintainers or not.

[keigen]

Thanks so much for the quick reply and advice on this, Dane. There's a bug-fix suggestion on that problem on the DD-WRT forums- I don't know if that's what's effecting me, but I'll try it and see what happens.

[dane]

Thanks so much for the quick reply and advice on this, Dane. There's a bug-fix suggestion on that problem on the DD-WRT forums- I don't know if that's what's effecting me, but I'll try it and see what happens.

If you briefly lose your connection every five minutes, that'd be the issue. There's a workaround - but I sure with the DD-WRT maintainers would fix the issue, as it comes up frequently here.

[aw]

I use an Actiontec GT701D in bridge mode, works great!

[jon]

I use an Actiontec GT701D in bridge mode, works great!

Same here -- a GT701D in bridge mode, connected to a router running DD-WRT.
The one thing I don't like about the GT701D is that its display of DSL connection statistics
is pretty primitive, and the download SNR margin always shows as 1 dB, which I hope is
not actually the case.

BTW, using a separate modem and bridge has an additional benefit: if/when the line has problems and
the modem resyncs, your tcp sessions freeze for several seconds but don't disconnect.

[digitalbitstream]

Sonic users with the DD-WRT problems can vote on this ticket http://svn.dd-wrt.com/ticket/973
Or, um, at least log in and say "me too".

Right now the maintainers say: "untill u guys dont come up with a 100% solution we can not implement a fix."

[mtom]

also use a GT701D here. works great.

[Nico]

After struggling with an older ADSL modem i just picked up a Netgear ADSL2+ DM111PSP for $35 new. In Bridge mode it's great -- much closer to the connection speed reported by Sonic.

[peteforsyth]

really any ADSL2+ capable modem should be fine.

Yes, one would think -- but that's not my experience! I found that the Netgear DM111PSP is pretty readily available on eBay. I got one, and even with the help of two helpful Sonic support technicians and a firmware upgrade, could not manage to get it into bridge mode!! I finally just purchased another, making sure to get the v2 of the model -- and all was fine. The web interface had options that the v1 did not.

So, at least if you're going with that model, be sure to grab a v2!