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As mentioned in my last post, I have migrated from Optus ADSL to TPG Naked ADSL2+. I have had a few reliability problems with the connection dropping out regularly which compounded the DNS migration issues.
TPG recommended changing the DSL modulation type to G.dmt, however my trusty NETGEAR modem/router does not have an option for this. After a short search, I found an article on the Whirlpool forums that described how to telnet onto the device and change the settings. Reading all the way to the bottom, I found a gem about an unofficial release of firmware for the NETGEAR DG834 range from DGTeam.
You see, NETGEAR did a good thing a couple of years back when they released their firmware to the community under an open source licence. The good folk at DGTeam picked up the code and have fixed numerous bugs and added functionality. Uploading the new firmware was simple and it worked straight away.
The new code has a drop down box to change the modulation type to G.dmt. The router reconnected and has been solid ever since. It has even connected at a higher speed than with the automatic setting.
Another bonus seems to be that the Asterisk SIP trunk disconnection that was occurring when the WAN IP changed seems to be working OK now. Previously, every time the modem dropped the line, my two external SIP trunks would become “UNREACHABLE” until I rebooted the server.
Another success for open source thanks to the guys at DGTeam.
Hardly a resounding success for open source. From the DGTeam About[1] page:
N.B. Binary executables: command, dgteam.cgi, firewall, rc, noip and their common shared object library libdgteam.so are intellectual property of DGTeam developers. All rights reserved.
[1] http://dgteam.ilbello.com/index.php?pid=12
Thanks Ola - good point. I still think that NetGear did a good thing by releasing their code. That was the intended meaning of my comment. Shame DGTeam aren’t fully open with theirs.
As someone who has just switched from Bigpond to TPG and starting to regret the choice due to drop outs, I thank you for this! I hope my success is as great as yours…
Ola,
This is incorrect. Open source does not mean that copyright ownership is not retained. I have never seen an application of open source that does not contain a similar copyright notice. Take a look at the text of the GPL, LGPL or BSD licences for example — they all contain a copyright notice (retaining intellectual property).
Notices about intellectual property have no bearing on the success of open source.
i have a router modem from optus DG834GU v.5, i already downloaded files from DGTeam website i try to upgrade my modem but it doesn’t accept the file that i have been downloaded? what else can i do, need help.
Thanks