Best VSDL modem-router to target?

[Andrew Punch]

Spoke too soon Fritzbox 7490 has been discontinued. Might be able to get one from the US if I use the freight forwarder but I don't like my chances.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021, at 8:24 PM, Andrew Punch wrote:
> Thanks. It looks like the Fritzbox 7490 is the best option.
> 
> Is it the chipset manufacturers or modem router manufacturers not allowing redistribution? Are there some regulatory issues preventing distribution? What if the end user extracted the binary blob where we can't distribute it?
> 
> Is there an email in the archives or a web page that has these details - I searched the archive but couldn't find anything?
> 
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021, at 7:59 PM, abnoeh wrote:
> > I don't think you have any real option for that:
> > 
> > only target that support DSL modem in openwrt is lantiq but it not
> > suppot vectoring in openwrt because we have no permission to distribute
> > closed firmware so no grantain it supports your line at all.
> > 
> > https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_modem_supported?datasrt=availability
> > 
> > actually only thing it's in stock(not checked unknown) is FRITZ!Box 7490
> > 
> > 2021-12-03 오후 1:28에 Andrew Punch 이(가) 쓴 글:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I live in a small unit, so the usual advice to have a separate VDSL modem, router and ATA isn't great space wise.
> > >
> > > Is there an all-in-one VDSL modem + router + ATA that would be worth targeting?
> > >
> > > I am happy to purchase a spare one for anyone on the mailing list and I'm a software engineer who has done minor kernel fixes.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -Andrew
> > >
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