DSL basics. What hardware do I need?
I also have AT&T/SBC/Yahoo DSL in San Francisco (a land line plus DSL). I use a D-LINK wireless router without a problem. Every time it gets messed up (about once every three months) I spent about an hour on the phone with AT&T and then an hour on the phone with D-LINk. They are used to the people calling being total idiots, as I am. Okay, here’s my tag-on question — My DSL is in my former roommate’s name, and I’ve been paying it for about a year since she moved out. I keep trying to move the account into my name, and have called AT&T about 6 different times. At first they said that I could move the account after the one-year contract commitment was over, and that my ex-roommate had to give permission. That one year passed, and my ex-roomie called to give permission. Then I called and they said that I had to turn off my ex-roommate’s phone & DSL and then re-start the land line and then add DSL. And that there will be a lag time for at least 5 business days. This seems completely bizar
First, vacapinta, is the 2Wire router not working or do you just want to add a voip or similar system into the mix? As for your main question, go to amazon or newegg, do a search for “DSL Modem” and buy whichever one you want. DSL standards are an acronym soup, but you don’t need to worry about that, since all new ones support all the common protocols. If you’re worried, just make sure it explicitly supports both G.dmt (G.992.1) and G.lite (G.992.2). Also, make sure it specifically says ‘Ethernet’; there are DSL modems that attach to usb ports and that are pci cards you stick in your PC. You don’t want either of those types. Also, you can order a new Siemens modem for $50 and a new 2-Wire wireless router for $80 direct from AT&T, and they’ll put it right on your phone bill. I don’t know what their current policy is, but last time I did this, they allowed the $50 rebate offer (i.e. free modem) as long as you signed up for a year contract. However, they were still called SBC when I did t
