SpeedStream 5250 Configuration Utility?

tzanger asks: "There's a vast quantity of SpeedStream 5250 and 5251 SDSL modems on ebay. These modems are actually ethernet-to-SDSL bridges and could be used as cheap point-to-point links. I say could because Efficient Networks has defaulted the configuration to CPE-only and they have made their configuration utility '5250dnld.exe' disappear. I've tried dozens of search engines, Usenet and about twenty FTP search engines without luck. I thought Gnutella might be a good choice but there is a Gnutella virus which propagates itself as whatever application you try to grab!"

"The DSL controller used in the SpeedStream 5250 (the Brooktree Bt8970) is capable of working as CPE or CO; I just can't set it without that application. This is where I am asking the Slashdot crowd if they have this modem and perhaps have a copy of the 5250dnld.exe they could share. I'm certain I can get this working (and get a good HOWTO set up) if I could only get a hold of that damn utility!"

Comments

Write a config utility yourself!

[duffbeer703]

The beauty of open-source is that anyone can create advanced configuration tools like the one you describe without the technical and moral restrictions of proprietary and closed software!

Start a new project on sourceforge and sign up a few of the legions of open-source developers to create a new configuration tool!