DSL Stuff was Re: System Flakyness

[Kevin Brown]

I just received a 2100 in the mail from Qwest for DSL.  The 675 that I have been
using for the past two years is still chugging along great.  Needs a power cycle
every so often to get it working, but well, takes all of 6 seconds for that.

The 2100 is for a second DSL line (don't ask me, I just maintain the network
here at home), so my poor NT box gets to be the guinea pig to test it out (gotta
find that other 675 around here).

> Not to change the subject or anything ;-)
> 
> I really have an intense dislike for the Intel 2100 DSL Modem - it is
> marginal hardware at best and given the fact that I only seem to encounter
> these with Qwest cheapest PPP accounts - I cower.
> 
> This said, I have seen a LOT of Cisco 678 (the model that Qwest is shipping
> instead of the 675 these days) fail after a week or two (or a month or two)
> so in general, the DSL hardware seems to leave quite a bit to be desired.