[nmglug] cybermesa dsl

[pi]

bg wrote:
> Doh! This is just great! I have a 678 that didn't seem to be compatible
> with thuntek's DMT protocol (it worked fine with CAP), so I was kinda
> forced to go with the Actiontek about 6 months ago.

You can find the DMT firmware for the Cisco 678 online, which should get 
it working on your current line.

Pi

> 
> The Actiontek recently displayed a red power LED so Qwest customer
> support stepped me through their canned help scripts. The first 2 didn't
> work, so I was transferred to their "smart guy". This is what he told me
> to do: Unplug all cables. Then repeately unplug and immediately plug in
> the power cord *12* times. Thinking I was on candid camera, lente loco
> or punk'd, I looked around for a hidden camera. Needless to say, it
> didn't work, so with a deposit, they overnighted a new modem that
> actually arrived in 2 days.
> 
> I hate Qw*st as much as the next guy, but they've really improved
> customer support over the past 2 years or so (Qwest wouldn't have have
> given a rat's ass before). Ya gotta love how competition (comcast
> broadband & cell phones) does to do to fix customer support.
> 
> I'll tell you what sucks though: The old modem broke with 2 months
> remaining on the warranty. I asked if the new modem would be guaranteed
> for the standard year, and they said it would only be good for the term
> of the *original* modem. Does that sound right? Oh well, "the new" Qwest
> isn't so great after all.
>  
> 
> On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:02 -0600, Andres Paglayan wrote:
> 
>>In my case I had three actiontec fried in a row in a three week period. 
>>All plugged to an stabilizer.
>>A friend on mine has his hanging every time he runs netscan stuff.
>>I have to ciscos 678 running, one at home for almost 2 years and other 
>>at work for 3+ years without a single hang,
>>enough for me,
>>
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>>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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