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Date:      Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:14:33 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd@dreamchaser.org
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: DSL modem recommendations
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On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 5:04=E2=80=AFPM Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.or=
g> wrote:

> On 4/20/23 22:53, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:59=E2=80=AFPM Gary Aitken
> > <freebsd@dreamchaser.org <mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org>> wrote:
> >
> > My Zyxel 642R appears to be dying; can't deal with a 10Mbps line.
> > Recommendation from my ISP is a Zyxel VMG 4005-B50B.
> >
> > I'm wondering if others have different recommendations. Also
> > wondering what the difference between a B50B and a B50A are; it's
> > not obvious to me looking at specs, other than the B50A supports
> > G.993.1 VDSL which shouldn't be important I don't think.
>
> > I'd go with something that is MODERN!
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5C139T?tag=3Dtheapprovedmodems-20&linkCode=
=3Dassoc-rails-rate-card-link-code-tw3&th=3D1&psc=3D1
>
> Doesn't do much good when you live in a rural location where top speed
> is 10 Mbps and they have to put a repeater on the line to get that.
>
> Gary
>

At least you get a taste of "future" speeds within the LAN :-)


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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-)
[How to ask smart questions:
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 5:04=E2=80=AF=
PM Gary Aitken &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org">freebsd@dream=
chaser.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">On 4/20/23 22:53, Odhiambo Washington wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:59=E2=80=AFPM Gary Aitken<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org" target=3D"_blank">freeb=
sd@dreamchaser.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org=
" target=3D"_blank">freebsd@dreamchaser.org</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; My Zyxel 642R appears to be dying; can&#39;t deal with a 10Mbps line. =
<br>
&gt; Recommendation from my ISP is a Zyxel VMG 4005-B50B.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I&#39;m wondering if others have different recommendations. Also <br>
&gt; wondering what the difference between a B50B and a B50A are; it&#39;s<=
br>
&gt; not obvious to me looking at specs, other than the B50A supports<br>
&gt; G.993.1 VDSL which shouldn&#39;t be important I don&#39;t think.<br>
<br>
&gt; I&#39;d go with something that is MODERN!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5C139T?tag=3Dtheapprovedmodem=
s-20&amp;linkCode=3Dassoc-rails-rate-card-link-code-tw3&amp;th=3D1&amp;psc=
=3D1" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5C=
139T?tag=3Dtheapprovedmodems-20&amp;linkCode=3Dassoc-rails-rate-card-link-c=
ode-tw3&amp;th=3D1&amp;psc=3D1</a><br>
<br>
Doesn&#39;t do much good when you live in a rural location where top speed<=
br>
is 10 Mbps and they have to put a repeater on the line to get that.<br>
<br>
Gary<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>At least you get a taste of &quot;=
future&quot; speeds within the LAN :-)=C2=A0</div></div><br clear=3D"all"><=
div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>B=
est regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254=
 7 2274 3223<br>&quot;<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span=
><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">&quot;,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39;=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"backgroun=
d-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:&quot;Lucida Conso=
le&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px">=C2=
=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0:-)</=
span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart question=
s:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://www.catb.=
org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.catb.org/~=
esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div>

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