Subj : Re: SIO/SIO2K
To   : vorlon
From : Phoobar
Date : Mon May 04 2020 00:03:19

 vo> From what I can see it's a Zytel modem that's had it's firmware hacked by
 vo> centrylink. The documentation does state that it can do portforwards, but
 vo> no listing to a limit. It doesn't show if it's even posable to put it
 vo> into bridged mode.

Looks like it's the lowest common denominator. Guess it's time to find
another DSL modem.

 vo> How is your connection provisioned? ADSL2+ or VDSL?

Tried to find it listed...but believe it may be ADSL2+.

 vo> If you have the login details for the connection (not the login to the
 vo> router), then you could get a router known to allow what you want and
 vo> then use that.

Says it's ATM LLC Bridged which uses PPOE...according to the information on
the router.

 vo> Here in Australia, the ISP's are not allowed to lock us into a certin
 vo> brand of router. They have to allow us to use what we want, witch I have
 vo> done when replacing clients devices.

Compared to Comcrap...at least CenturyLink didn't give me any grief on using
my own owned equipment.

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