Best VSDL modem-router to target?

[Andre Heider]

Hi,

On 03/12/2021 05:28, Andrew Punch wrote:
> 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?

for DSL on OpenWrt, lantiq is your only option. The default image ships 
with a DSL firmware, so it's working out of the box. But it's common for 
users to replace it for better performance, see [0].

There're a few devices which have even the ata working via asterisk, but 
if you're going asterisk you might as well forget about that analogue 
crap :P

As far as supported devices go, the BT homehub v5a is the only one with 
5ghz wifi, which is why it's still a popular device.

The next best thing seems to be the fritzbox 7530 (the older model, NOT 
the ax variant), which is more powerful device. While it's supported, 
the newer dsl chipset isn't. There's work going on to change that though 
[1].

The fritzbox 7520 (aka 1&1 homeserver) seems to be the same hardware, it 
can even be flashed to the vendor 7530 firmware. And that's rather cheap 
compared to the 7530. That'll be my choice if you don't mind using some 
not-yet-merged patches.

Cheers,
Andre

[0] 
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/lantiq-vrx200-xdsl-firmware-recommendation-thread/52937
[1] 
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/adding-support-for-vrx518-and-maybe-vrx320/55160

> 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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