Hacking the Actiontec 56k Modem/Gateway

Posted by michael on Sunday August 31, 2003 @08:25PM from the dsl-backup dept.

william_lorenz writes "The Actiontec Dual 56k External Modem is an inexpensive device with a built-in 56k modem and two Ethernet ports that can be used as an Internet gateway of sorts. What's great about it is that it runs some form of uClinux, it's easily hackable, and Greg Boehnlein of the Linux Users Group of Cleveland and NOOSS fame recently contributed a detailed report on his findings! Pictures of the board are also available here, here, and here. Lots of specific details are included in Greg's article, and there's been some further discussions about this on the LUGC mailing lists."

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Odd by Kurin · 2003-08-31 21:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I just got an Actiontec ADSL modem to work, and this was the first URL I used to test it. Odd.
xDSL by FrostedWheat · 2003-08-31 21:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Anyone know a good DSL router that runs Linux? We are getting broadband here soon (Woo-hooo!) and I'd love to get one that I could tweak!
114 posts and no... by Sleepy · 2003-09-01 02:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!"??