[nmglug] cybermesa dsl

[js at jasonschaefer.com]

No matter how you configure it, the actiontec always gives itself as the
primary DNS. For some reason this plays nicely with Windows but breaks
dns requests on GnuLinux. I have to remove the first line in
/etc/resolv.conf (nameserver 192.168.0.1), every time I get a dhcp
assignment, to browse again.

Also, the actiontec is very buggy. Many times I have made changes that
get lost or blow all the settings out and I have to reconfigure from
scratch.

It requires a reboot every 3 to 6 months or so. Occasionally something
has gone so wrong on them that I have had to unplug them for 2 minutes
to make them work! This has been confirmed by qwest tech support.

The built in wireless on the new (black) actiontec is CRAP!

The firmware upgrade does not seem to fix much at all!

I think thats it for me.

-Jason



Ken Long wrote:

>Can you elaborate on the difficulties with the Actiontec? I'm 
>thinking of switching my mother from dial-up to Qwest DSL because the 
>Qwest 256 is only a few dollars more than the MSN she has now.
>
>Ken
>
>On 29 Jun 2005 at 16:50, comrade wrote:
>
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>>I have an actiontec router, and it has options for rfc1483 (not 1318)
>>bridged or routed, but cybermesa has me using pppoa.  oh well.  The
>>actiontec is certainly junk.  good luck.
>>    
>>
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