From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6F30201A98 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:40:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4039521274; Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:40:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:40:38 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=imap.cc; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=OBdkK1edcq0c1GW+9o1nk2NS 17I=; b=jX2wZ47lbADLbr3SzM5wGpUbQ9du5lNcdJutrp5QZrtbqRFAKSXr0f8l 9ilnoLWr2NmaWr9KDBwEpnqGQxDfSxqUhlRCwAXXkItAys5spVTTVf6Rsn599x65 9uTLnwNhum8nQnU+Z8Bh1rQ+BTM8H6gMtcHrlGVFrD0arv/CvlU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=OBdk K1edcq0c1GW+9o1nk2NS17I=; b=TGU//3tkFd5IhJw5d7k+B1V4qyEUMlejAgMS XxutAF/0uQTFZG+BqfSbJ1edXV5q6a/qVgOkI/MC9fruObviuLovqZ6JRxkMIFTi OdCrZ9YXgU6ikorRw+IsPX04mlmuTChbt7is8PxEJ0GTyajbFlIEDiORXGKBXuk+ F5WQCTs= X-Sasl-enc: FVImelb3wizVgoyNQzes9mYBKoRSIg8ZoISqIyM7Ww1y 1389296437 Received: from [172.30.42.8] (unknown [78.145.179.67]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A4888C00E7F; Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:40:37 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <52CEFB34.9010608@imap.cc> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:40:36 +0000 From: Fred Stratton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Personette , cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030300020107020908060607" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] ADSL2+ modem X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:40:45 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030300020107020908060607 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I mentioned a model on the list recently. Are you remembering that? The model was the TP-Link TD-W8970. This is Lantiq-based, as is the DSLAM to which I attach. Note that the TD-W8980 looks identical, has a better feature set, but uses a Trendchip SoC, which is never going to have open source software, and is hopeless on long lines. The TD-W8970 has telnet permanently on, with a password of 'admin', which is immutable. The latest firmware version, 28/08/2013, has a custom version of u-boot which is difficult to change if your header soldering skills are below par, but units in Europe have been shipped with an earlier firmware version. An earlier version allows flashing to OpenWRT, which is in development for, but unreleased on this device. There are no external clues on the product box concerning firmware version. So, there is hope for the future with that device. As you could be 3 to 4 kilometres from the exchange, I guess that a Lantiq box would hold the line. Others might disagree. http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/td-w8970 note the warnings. (.. reduce it's over buffering,,, .'its', not 'it's' is the possessive form.) On 09/01/14 18:25, David Personette wrote: > I've seen reference on the mailing list to a DSL modem that had a > patched FW to reduce it's over buffering (but not the actual > manufacturer and model). I was going to get a modem soon, and thought > that it would be good to support a more open platform where I can. Did > anyone on the list know the details (including where to get the > updated FW)? Thanks in advance. > > -- > David P. > > > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel --------------030300020107020908060607 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I mentioned a model on the list recently.

Are you remembering that? The model was the TP-Link TD-W8970. This is Lantiq-based, as is the DSLAM to which I attach. Note that the TD-W8980 looks identical, has a better feature set, but uses a Trendchip SoC, which is never going to have open source software, and is hopeless on long lines.

The TD-W8970 has telnet permanently on, with a password of 'admin', which is immutable. The latest firmware version,  28/08/2013, has a custom version of u-boot which is difficult to change if your header soldering skills are below par, but units in Europe have been shipped with an earlier firmware version. An earlier version allows flashing to OpenWRT, which is in development for, but unreleased on this device. There are no external clues on the product box concerning firmware version.

So, there is hope for the future with that device. As you could be 3 to 4 kilometres from the exchange, I guess that a Lantiq box would hold the line. Others might disagree.

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/td-w8970

note the warnings.

(.. 
reduce it's over buffering,,,
.'its', not 'it's' is the possessive form.)




On 09/01/14 18:25, David Personette wrote:
I've seen reference on the mailing list to a DSL modem that had a patched FW to reduce it's over buffering (but not the actual manufacturer and model). I was going to get a modem soon, and thought that it would be good to support a more open platform where I can. Did anyone on the list know the details (including where to get the updated FW)? Thanks in advance.

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David P.


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