Consumer DSL modems that don't suck

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Does anybody make reliable ADSL2 modems that don't need to be rebooted every week?

My old SpeedTouch Home (ADSL1) never needed to be power cycled but every piece of useless junk--one D-Link, one Thompson--I've been stuck with since needs to be reset as often as a junkie needs a fix. I'm sick of dealing with garbage hardware that's nothing more than stinking crap dressed up in a consumerised curvy plastic case.

Are there any modems on the market that actually work?
 
I had used a bunch and I came to the conclusion it was not the modem but flaky telco dsl hardware. constant disconnects on sometimes a daily basis. paying more for cable, but it is 10x as fast, no disconnects and I am 10x happier with it.

If I was to mess with dsl again I would pull out my modded 5660 and do a periodic ping test and telnet/restart if it failed. Just not sure if W7 batch platform supports everything needed. What a hassle anyway.
 
I've used and installed a number of SpeedStream 4100s for friends, and have had zero problems. It's also very easy to put into "dumb modem" mode for hooking up to a good router, and you can find them on eBay brand new for $15.
 
I'm using a Verizon Actiontec and it's alright. Recently I have been power cycling it once every 3-4 months though but I went almost 2 years without touching it when I first got it so I don't know if they made some changes to the phone line. it is very feature rich and has built in wi-fi, so it's nice having one box. They sell em at bigbox-mart.
 
I have a motorola 2210, haven't reset it or even touched it in 2 years (before that I had cable), running 24/7..
 
never have had a problem with those 2wire models from AT&T DSL
 
Is your PPoE losing it's connection or is the modem not keeping its DSL connection? If so, buy a Netgear WNR2000 (or higher model.. 3000, 3500) router and run your modem in bridged mode and have the router do the PPoE authentication. I can go months with the same connection. Before.. constantly dropping and reconnecting.
 
Met-AL said:
run your modem in bridged mode and have the router do the PPoE authentication..
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Agreed....I see many setups where people just plop their own router behind the ISP supplied "modem'....which more and more frequently these days, the ISP supplied modem is actually a little combo modem/router/gateway...already doing NAT. Stick your own router behind that..and you end up double NAT'ing...and ending up with a generally overcomplicated and unreliable setup.

Reconfigure the ISP supplied "modem" to run as a pure bridged modem..and have your own router do the PPPoE authentication, and obtain the public IP address on its WAN interface.

Rebooting a modem every week...hell...every month...even every 6 months or so...you shouldn't have to do that, they should run quietly without issue for years and years.
 
I have a DHCP connection without PPPoE. The ISP-provided bridge modems which I've been inflicted with stop transferring data until they are power cycled. DSL sync is not lost; the firmware just crashes of its own accord.
 
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