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 **really** wanted one of these way back when, but my billion 7401 was much cheaper. I can't remember what I paid for it but it was under $200 - less than a third of the price of an ADSL PCI card. IIRC, a large part of the cost of the PCI card was in certification for connection to an australian phone line. Very expensive to do for small runs by a small company like Traverse Tech, much more affordable for consumer modems made by larger companies with the cost spread out over many more sales. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>