[lug] OT: got a spare dsl modem?

[Nate Duehr]

Chris Riddoch wrote:
> Hi, folks.
> 
> I seem to have killed my ~4-year-old DSL modem (Actiontec GT701-wg) by
> attempting what seemed like a perfectly reasonable firmware upgrade at
> the time.  Oops.
> 
> Would anybody happen to have a spare (working) DSL modem they'd be
> willing to part with?  On the subject, has anybody tried using a dsl
> modem that isn't listed on Qwest's website?  Presumably, it would work
> fine so long as it supports pppoa correctly, but I'm curious whether
> anyone's tried and had good luck with alternatives.

Chris,

I have a spare Cisco 678 that I'd give you for free.  You'd just have to 
come get it near Arapahoe & I-25 (home) or near 120th & I-25 (work). 
Let me know if you want me to throw it in the Jeep.

It definitely has some strange PPPoA settings in it (due to it being set 
up to route two separate static netblocks from FRII for years until I 
moved over to the Comcast Business service), so you'd want to 
factory-default it.

I think it has the latest version of firmware already in it also, but 
it'd be worth checking.

I also don't think I have the original console cable for it, but it's 
the standard DB-9 to RJ45 "light blue" cable found in every Cisco box 
I've opened up for years now... I might be able to find one if you don't 
have one.  Or there's places online that describe the pin-out to make one.

Let me know if you want it.  You'd have to get the right setup info for 
it for "regular" Qwest... I don't have that info.

Hmm, thinking about it there was a CD that came with it, but I never 
used it... think it had a Windows-based reflash tool and some ancient 
version of the firmware on it.  Not very useful, and it's probably lost 
in the piles of old driver CD's somewhere... I'll look and see if I can 
find it, but you'd probably just end up throwing it out.

Nate