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Barsoom
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| reply to larek
Re: [DSL] Modem Poisoning
The 5100b has 5 LEDs vs the 4 of the 5100a.
By "generic" firmware, I mean a version of firmware that allows access to the router functionality with the GUI and would basically conform to the user manuals that Siemens used to publish. Each ISP has changed various minor features within the software, but AFAIK, no other ISP has changed the GUI to the same extent as AT&T(SBC). There are no third party versions of the software.
Can ACK prioritization be disabled in the CLI? Good question. I couldn't find it. There is a TCP/IP QoS feature listed in the generic modem manual, but I didn't think that to be the same as ACK prioritization. There are CLI commands for that QoS though.
As of about a year and a half ago, there were Australian and Brazilian ISP (Portuguese/English) versions of the software available to flash the SBC 4100 to a more generic 4100/4200 modem and it has been done. I think there are various softwares available that would flash an SBC version to a more generic version of the 5100/5200 modem, but I've not heard of anyone trying this. The 4100b might be a special case. There seem to have been some design revisions within the 4100b (aka 4101) and there may not be a generic software version available that would work on it. IOW, the AT&T 4100b hardware may be unique to AT&T. |
