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Yakkob
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Anybody got one of these?
ADSL comes to my town in Dec, but I have already bought my hardware
Highs and lows ?
ADSL comes to my town in Dec, but I have already bought my hardware
Highs and lows ?
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whitecow
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The d-link ADSL 504 completely sucks, I should have listened to what people said about it here before i bought it. Hey, I was in a mad rush :/
Here is why you shouldn't buy it
- Each and every time you make a modification to the config it requires a reboot which results in downtime of around 2mins.
- There is no bandwidth management stuff unlike the netgear series ( useful when you have a pornaholic brother *cough* )
- After 15 minutes of recieving the modem I started to update the firmware. Things went wrong and the modem could no longer boot. D-Link repaired it, but said "These things do happen with it". Two weeks downtime.
- Port forwarding only allows you to forward one port at a time.
- Port forwarding reckons that FTP uses 21&22 not 20&21 :/
- ANY kind of configuration is slow, confusing and very un-friendly.
- The serial console can display your 'root' password for the router in plain text, and does not ask for such password when you connect :/
The good thing is, this modem/router is as stable as it is shite.
prv me if you want to buy mine
Here is why you shouldn't buy it
- Each and every time you make a modification to the config it requires a reboot which results in downtime of around 2mins.
- There is no bandwidth management stuff unlike the netgear series ( useful when you have a pornaholic brother *cough* )
- After 15 minutes of recieving the modem I started to update the firmware. Things went wrong and the modem could no longer boot. D-Link repaired it, but said "These things do happen with it". Two weeks downtime.
- Port forwarding only allows you to forward one port at a time.
- Port forwarding reckons that FTP uses 21&22 not 20&21 :/
- ANY kind of configuration is slow, confusing and very un-friendly.
- The serial console can display your 'root' password for the router in plain text, and does not ask for such password when you connect :/
The good thing is, this modem/router is as stable as it is shite.
prv me if you want to buy mine
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whitecow
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Yakkob
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Well, my adsl arrived, and I have to say that the 504 is working very well indeed after 2 firmware upgrades.
How the hell did we get along before broadband????
I remember the jump from 56k to isdn, and that impressed me.
But..Woooooooooooooooooah..ADSL rocks
How the hell did we get along before broadband????
I remember the jump from 56k to isdn, and that impressed me.
But..Woooooooooooooooooah..ADSL rocks