Sangoma S518 PCI ADSL Modem Review
Posted by Scott Laird Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:52:02 GMT
As regular readers know, I recently turned up a new DSL circuit at home, replacing an older, slower line that Verizon had refused to upgrade for months. As part of the upgrade process, I needed to buy a new DSL modem. Instead of using an external DSL modem (DSL-Ethernet bridge would probably be more accurate, but “modem” seems to have stuck), I decided to buy a Sangoma S518 PCI ADSL modem. I had two main reasons for preferring this internal modem to a generic external model:
- Better control over upstream buffering, for better VoIP QoS.
- Better visibility into the modem’s state, so I can syslog minor outages and notice things like speed changes.
I chose the Sangoma model instead of a cheap, generic card because the manufacturer strongly supports its use with Linux, and a number of people on the Asterisk-Users mailing list have recommended it. I paid $115 plus shipping from BSD Mall.
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