Modem or Router for Marginal Lines

Folks,
A friend of mine wants to order ADSL but knows he is towards the limit of
service. I.E. The ADSL checker reports only 512K service available. I know
there has been some comments that some modems perform better in these
circumstances than others, but I can't find these posts in google. So can
any one point me at a modem or router/modem that works well in these
circumstances.
TIA
Dave

Draytek Vigor modems / routers are renown for quality and reliability, not
cheap though.
Regards,
Martin
Just a satisfied punter, two years +, no bit lost yet.

Martin² wrote:
> Draytek Vigor modems / routers are renown for quality and reliability, not
> cheap though.
> Regards,
> Martin
> Just a satisfied punter, two years +, no bit lost yet.
>
>
I would second that. I also know that they do a firmware specifically
for marginal lines with high attenuation.

On Tue, 10 May 2005 00:02:26 +0100, "David Wade" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>So can
>any one point me at a modem or router/modem that works well in these
>circumstances.

get a router so it stays on line even if the PC is off, avoids
problems at startup.

3Com seem poor at weak signals.

Phil
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices :-)

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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 May 2005 00:02:26 +0100, "David Wade" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >So can
> >any one point me at a modem or router/modem that works well in these
> >circumstances.
>
> get a router so it stays on line even if the PC is off, avoids
> problems at startup.
>
> 3Com seem poor at weak signals.

Yes, I'll agree with you on that one. Something I wish I'd known a month
ago when I bought one.

Apparently the Zyxel 660HW is good with very long lines. There were a few
posts a while ago reporting success with around 10km lines.

>
> Phil
> Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices :-)
>
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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 10 May 2005 00:02:26 +0100, "David Wade" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >So can
> > >any one point me at a modem or router/modem that works well in these
> > >circumstances.
> >
> > get a router so it stays on line even if the PC is off, avoids
> > problems at startup.
> >
> > 3Com seem poor at weak signals.
>
> Yes, I'll agree with you on that one. Something I wish I'd known a month
> ago when I bought one.
>
> Apparently the Zyxel 660HW is good with very long lines. There were a few
> posts a while ago reporting success with around 10km lines.
>

Thanks Phil, I am sure that that was the one. On reading a spec on the web
it seems to be designed for long lines etc. Seems to be ADSL2 ready as well.
Nice fire wall. Looks really nice. Pity its a little topside on te price,
but I am told you get what you pay for...

> >
> > Phil
> > Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices :-)
> >
> > --
>
>

Re: good modem for marginal lines.

This is a tough question.

Vigor and Zyxel modems have (imho) been good in this regard. As hav
Speedtouch models.

I'd also look into the newer ADSL2+ compliant chipsets that have a mor
tightly specified analog portion, meaning better performance unde
marginal conditions.

These include the Broadcom BCM6348 chip based modems and S
CoppwerWing12 and Centillium Palladia (400 series).

However, I don't know many products out on the market with thes
chipsets yet. Apparently Netgear DG834GT does use BCM6348, bu
otherwise it's not perhaps the cat's miaow (little memory, som
firmware issues):

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halcyon