On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:42:32 -0500 "Justin Krejci" <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote: > Cisco 678 is EOS'ed and maybe EOL'ed by Cisco but they are rock solid > reliable in my experience, and still generally available. I had two 678s and had trouble with both. About once a week, especially during a thunderstorm, they'd hang, requiring a reboot, or losing existing TCP connections. > The first one or two lines of Actiontec's that Qwest used were really > crappy, a simple port scan would from the internet could lock them up. The > latest line they are on now seem to be very reliable. I've used Actiontecs recently, and avoided the issue I had with the Cisco, though it still loses existing connections on occasion. I don't know why Qwest said the grandmother must provide her own modem - they rent them... j -- John Gateley <tclug at jfoo.org>