From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wg0-f47.google.com (mail-wg0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE5DE21F0B4; Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by wgbfa7 with SMTP id fa7so2643326wgb.28 for ; Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=u7ycnuc4c2oXzM24ik3ElSrn2PelWPjlEjzIS7DSLVY=; b=zH5tccT3x37c2Vzy1qjwmz0aKaN2o1ngqibxshe6RdLGV36R527nop2l3zsmigXL1q 9WboHjSX6L0KShS2eUN0dCmxGWXVqd5GoTOYrNbt6c/SMo2J/Gw6PU5XsnPd+bJCJ2/X A6afvQRN9L8NBqUGwSznClYXS3DHBcKoDyFIKZvjJieg+9gUiErl3T6qDDI/SPkyhJY7 2EuVa/0Nw7lSH0WXBFWhWoAYXZ8YaVHBn1tD0+KAMzZ9ZGcKifrgyAQFttOzPrnSZGKh wNKBVAWOC7SZXj4MAK3H5yS8GJaTh10A4AHZLj1Jmh1d/XNAFQ/fOYDTDXzrfJNZb5kn C9fw== Received: by 10.180.105.69 with SMTP id gk5mr4914783wib.3.1337374572222; Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.239.204] (xdsl-83-150-84-172.nebulazone.fi. [83.150.84.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id du4sm5622678wib.10.2012.05.18.13.56.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 May 2012 13:56:11 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jonathan Morton In-Reply-To: <1337003706.2186.10.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 23:56:09 +0300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <167A9DFB-CC98-47C5-B4B9-25A11189AA44@gmail.com> References: <532BA404-30FF-4395-9575-709A68E4C723@gmail.com> <1336631707.27520.136.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <1336633359.27520.147.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <326E2D44-7A1E-43B8-A84D-E9A0FF04DD9C@gmail.com> <1337003706.2186.10.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> To: David Woodhouse X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: codel@lists.bufferbloat.net, bloat Subject: Re: [Codel] [Bloat] Linux-able modems X-BeenThere: codel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: CoDel AQM discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:56:15 -0000 On 14 May, 2012, at 4:55 pm, David Woodhouse wrote: >> So I repeat my question: where can I reliably go and buy a DSL modem >> that I can put Linux on? It probably helps to mention that I'm in >> Finland, so a European (or at least British) reseller is preferable.=20= >=20 > If the Geos or Solos are too expensive, I'd be looking for other ADSL > devices supported by OpenWrt. Probably Lantiq-based. The Netgear > DGN3500B perhaps (see recent traffic on openwrt-devel). The 3700 is back-ordered by weeks, and the 3800 doesn't have a modem, = and the 3500 isn't even in the local catalogues. Netgear doesn't seem = to be well regarded over here, even by the hacker types - and you *know* = we have hacker types aplenty. I double-checked all my hardware again, and while I can technically get = OpenWRT on my D-Link modem, it can't actually drive the *modem* part = because Broadcom is mean and stingy. After biting the bullet and going through the local retailers' = catalogues with a fine-toothed comb, I eventually found this - a fine = specimen as far as hardware specs goes: http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/WBMR-HP-G300H-EU It happens to be Lantiq based, and so OpenWRT shows full support for it: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/buffalo/wbmr-hp-g300h Jimm's is transitioning to a purely mail order system and is based in a = different city, but it turned out that my local megahypersuperretailer = had just got a batch in stock, so I got one from there. Well, this should be fun. - Jonathan Morton