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which of these modems is the newest?

Jim, if you are using a router to do your PPPoE, I would just put any of them in Bridge/Router or Bridge mode and use them.

As far as we know most if not all the changes between versions are in the PPPoE log in (Wallet Garden), or in their router functions.

Hence if your router does the login, it doesn't matter which one you use.

I have 2 spares myself. I would have to dig out of my storage to get numbers, but before I put them away, I ran each for day or so in bridge/router mode, and all performed exactly the same, with exactly the same stats.

So I just put the oldest one back in service and put the spares on the shelf.

BTW, spares come in really handy when on the phone and they tell you it's your modem. You can switch modems and say no, unless it's all three of my modems.
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reply to Jim Shaffer
Oh c'mon -- command mode on those Cisco 67x series modems is great. You might just go to Windstream and switch out your 678 for a new 4200. They did it for free with my mothers 677 when she upgraded from 1.5mbit to 3mbit a few weeks ago.

reply to Jim Shaffer

I don't have them handy right now, but I'm pretty sure they all have USB ports.

About the newest one possibly being Walled Garden -- it didn't seem to make my browser load any scripts or anything, but it wasn't plugged into a phone line. It did bring up a UPnP icon in the Network Connections section of my Windows control panel, if that indicates anything.

As for why I bought them -- Three modems and two power supplies for $5 plus shipping? Why not? If one ever gets zapped, I'll have spares.

They all have or should have UPnP Enabled by Default. Now as to UPnP actually being fully functional on all versions of the Firmware that is not known. I think it was flaky on some versions.

I don't see where anyone questioned why you bought them, I have a lot of Speedstream Routers (and few more out on loan) and it is very good to have back up units, plus I used to beta test Firmware on the old 5660s units way before Efficient was bought by Siemens. You got a very good bargain. Enjoy!

I do have a favor to ask. Would you mind adding the Config Part #: from each of them to the other info you posted? I'm trying to keep track of revisions.

Modem Part #: 060-D242-A25
Firmware Part #: 004-D240-A30
Config Part #:

Modem Part #: 060R-D246-A24
Firmware Part #: 004-D241-A4Q
Config Part #:

Modem Part #: 060R-D246-A25
Firmware Part #: 004-D241-A83
Config Part #:

Regards,

Doctor Olds
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reply to Jim Shaffer
Jim I think you are PPPoA the new 4200's are PPPoE so if the new 4200's don't work you will have to call the help desk and have then change you to PPPoE it's just a program change. I could check it for you but lost your phone # if you need me to check Email me if you still have my Email addr. On Vac. this week, good think with the snow the sidewalks at you Co. is a lot of work.

reply to Jim Shaffer
It's been a couple years sense I tried to program a older speedstream to sub for a Cisco 678 but the older speed stream could not do the 0/1 VC that the Cisco PPPoA used. I have never tried to reprogram the 4200.

reply to Jim Shaffer
The Co. Jim works out of is one 2 Co. That I maintain, It has one Cisco and 2 Adtran DSLAM's the last time I checked Jim's line he was working out of the Cisco. The pins are all the same it's all in the programing at the DSLAM. And yes the old Cisco's are a real pains to setup port forwarding or static ip, I use to use a Procom Plus Script to program for static ip.

reply to Jim Shaffer
I got it set up under PPPoA and it's running fine. It took me a couple of tries though. First I set it to 0/1 and it didn't work, then I looked at my Cisco and I saw that it actually should have been 1/1.

Doctor Olds, the part numbers are as follows:

Modem: 060-D242-A25
Firmware: 004-D240-A3P (I had mis-typed this as A30 earlier)
Config: 003-6100-G09

Modem: 060R-D246-A24
Firmware: 004-D241-A4Q
Config: 003-6100-G0a (yes, lower-case)

Modem: 060R-D246-A25
Firmware: 004-D241-A83
Config: 003-6100-G0C

When I set it up yesterday, the margins were about the same as on my Cisco. About 7:00 this morning, the SNR dropped about 10 points for some reason. It may be weather related. But the speed is still good, and it's only logged a total of 1 error. For some reason, my Cisco always had high error counts even during times when I didn't notice any major instability in my connection. It'll be interesting to see how things evolve since the Speedstream provides a breakdown of errors by time period.

Please update us as you gather data on the stability.

In fact, you might want to try all three of them, a week at a time and see which one (if any) appears to be the best out of the three.

If you have any setup or configuration questions, just ask.

Also change the Password on the 4200 Modem and the Access Level as seen here:

»Windstream DSL FAQ »How to secure your 4200 or 5200 from the Risk Of CSRF Attacks

Regards,

Doctor Olds
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What’s the point of owning a supercar if you can’t scare yourself stupid from time to time?