Westell 327w in CenturyTel http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20017345 en Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:31:54 EDT Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:31:54 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20514773 chd176 :
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said by does it matter :

hate to tell you Champ, but Linksys DOES make modems also, and WalMart sells them.... so the person you were trying to correct, was already correct. Might pay you to check first.
You're right. I didn't realize Linksys made DSL modems. I have never seen one in WalMart though, and I doubt they're a hot seller in big box stores like that due to the fact that they're not plug-n-play with just any DSL providers network.

And the sarcasm wasn't necessary either....I've already got plenty.
Don't feel bad I believe the Linksys ADSL modem is already discontinued. I found this under "achived products" on the Linksys page Home »Products » Archived Products » AM300

As far as I know the ONLY Linksys modem that Walmart sells is a cable modem which will obviously not work with ADSL and ADSL2+ that CenturyTel offers.
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10,000/768 CenturyTel PPPoE DSL line (really 5,000/768 ;))]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20514773 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:42:52 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20514250 Icon :
said by does it matter :

hate to tell you Champ, but Linksys DOES make modems also, and WalMart sells them.... so the person you were trying to correct, was already correct. Might pay you to check first.
You're right. I didn't realize Linksys made DSL modems. I have never seen one in WalMart though, and I doubt they're a hot seller in big box stores like that due to the fact that they're not plug-n-play with just any DSL providers network.

And the sarcasm wasn't necessary either....I've already got plenty.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20514250 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:57:46 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20511337 chd176 : However the linksys is a cable modem which is a moot point because it won't work with CenturyTel :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20511337 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:17:25 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20510688 anon : hate to tell you Champ, but Linksys DOES make modems also, and WalMart sells them.... so the person you were trying to correct, was already correct. Might pay you to check first.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20510688 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:57:20 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20509980 Icon :
said by SpookyTx See Profile :

Any DSL modem will work, though, as long as VPI/VCI are set correctly. A linksys from Wally-world would be fine, even. Go grab one, setthe VPI/VCI settings mirroring the ones in the modem they sent you, and send theirs back. No more modem fee.

Voila
Any modem will work, yes. But a Linksys is not a modem, but rather a wired/wireless router. So unless you have fiber to your house (which you don't if you have a modem already), don't go sending your Westell back to CenturyTel and expect a Linksys to do everything for you. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20509980 Tue, 20 May 2008 01:23:58 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20203495 SpookyTx : Netopia's are junk. If you want the wireless, you'll need a Westell 327. Any DSL modem will work, though, as long as VPI/VCI are set correctly. A linksys from Wally-world would be fine, even. Go grab one, setthe VPI/VCI settings mirroring the ones in the modem they sent you, and send theirs back. No more modem fee.

Voila]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20203495 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:31 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20201331 Elmo : what models of modems work best w/ centurytel and have had the best reliability?

I'm thinking $2 a month would quickly buy a modem

I don't need the wireless etc .. although that would probably make it easier to resell if I switched back to cable. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20201331 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:53:24 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20110975 SpookyTx : CenturyTel and Verizon use same VPI/VCI setting across the board. Everything is probably holdovers from GTE-era for their networks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20110975 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:18:11 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20018910 BigVe : I had mine on VPI:0 and VCI:35(which is an AT&T/SBC default setting) for the longest time without problems but did change it to the by Centurytel suggested values.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20018910 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:19:25 EDT Re: Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20017667 tstolze : VPI:8 and VCI:35]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20017667 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:03:41 EDT Westell 327w http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20017345 khot : I bought a Westell VersaLink 327w on ebay. It was used on Verizon network - how do I make it work on Centurytel? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20017345 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:17:03 EDT