[lug] OT: got a spare dsl modem?

[Robert Racansky]

On 10/22/07, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> 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.


Configuration instructions and firmware (should be) at

http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/modems/cisco675_678/index.html