[Soekris] ADSL modem + Soekris

[Jan Ceuleers]

Lars Noodén wrote:
> I'm considering the possibility of entirely replacing my home ADSL modem
> / hub with a Soekris unit.
> 
> Which DSL modem cards work well on Soekris with OpenBSD or Debian
> GNU/Linux ?

I'm using a Sangoma S518 in a net4801. This card fits the standard case 
(although you obviously need to make additional holes for the LEDs and 
the line connector). I also have a CM9 wifi minipci card and a CF card 
(no hard disk) in this box. The 1.5A power supply more than suffices 
(I've used a hard disk instead of a CF card in this box for a while and 
that worked fine).

I've used this card successfully in the UK (BT; Fujitsu DSLAM) and in 
Belgium (Belgacom; Alcatel-Lucent DSLAM). Others report success from 
around the world; google is your friend.

At the moment that box is still running an ancient 2.4 Linux kernel, but 
I'm working on an upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 at the moment.

Sangoma's drivers are very feature-rich. They are also quite stable 
(although I have no experience with them under a 2.6 kernel). You do 
need to recompile your kernel, because the version of the Sangoma 
drivers that has been included in the upstream kernel is quite old. The 
Sangoma driver pack is able to automatically upgrade your kernel tree, 
and you can then build and install both your kernel and the Sangoma 
drivers quite easily. The package also comes with a fairly easy to use 
interactive configuration tool.

On a different subject, I'd actually be interested in my options if I 
wanted to upgrade from ADSL to ADSL2+ or VDSL(2): does anyone know of 
low-profile PCI cards that coudl do this?

Cheers, Jan