On 17/12/19 2:42 pm, Craig Sanders via luv-talk wrote:
On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 10:12:56AM -0500, Jason White wrote:
Apparently there are not many *DSL modems that support openwrt.
There used to be an ADSL 2+ PCI card. Perhaps there are newer models available now that support VDSL2, or whatever the NBN uses. In that case, a small Linux system would be quite viable.
Some still exist. Unfortunately, you won't find one for less than about $600, about 3-5 times the price of a current VDSL/ADSL capable router, many of which will WILL run openwrt.
I use the Draytek Vigor 132 series, which is a Vigor 130 on a PCIe card. It's just configured as a bridge, and mostly just saves the extra box & power supply. Works fine for NBN FTTB, and I think was sub-$200 when I got one. Not as nice as the old Traverse Solos ADSL2+ PCI card, but that matters less for VDSL2 since the ATM underpinnings are less exposed these days.