[lug] Cisco 675 vs 678 question

Timothy Klein teece at silverklein.net
Fri Aug 10 13:01:03 MDT 2001


I thing G.Lite and DMT are very different.  G.Lite is the variant that allows
the vendor to implement 'modem pooling' and such.  DMT is the full blown
ADSL protocol. 

Tim

* Prescott Oelke (plkey at home.com) wrote:
> I think DMT is a variant of the G.Lite protocol (don't quote me on that 
> though). The Cisco 675 was designed back when DSL was just getting off the 
> ground and ADSL and RADSL were the only flavors available to home users. I 
> still have my 675 (that I paid around $400 for) from a DSL line I had back 
> in early 1999. I really loved that router (way better than cable and some 
> of the crap they put out for DSL now). I don't think that Qwest is invested 
> in supporting the ADSL variants anymore. And with the other DSL vendors 
> dropping like flies it looks like the G.Lite junk is here to stay.
> 
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