Bob Shuman wrote:

I assume that the box gives an IP address to a computer connected to it?
What address does it give and is it public or private IP range?

FYI, My DSL box (Speedstream 4100 supplied by AT&T) will "pass through" one
public IP address, but also does NAT if I assign static private addresses to
other computers on my inside house network. If I assign computers in the
192.168.0.0/24 subnet (usable addresses are 192.168.0.2-254 with subnet mask
255.255.255.0 and DGW 192.168.0.1), then I can open a HTTP window to the DSL
modem by using http://192.168.0.1 . This page allows me to configure the
modem and also see statistics. YMMV.

Bob


"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:55:10 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


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Meat Plow wrote:

I wonder what parameters they measure that the router test prog can't?

Don't know. My modem is a Speedstream 5130 and separate from my pc by a
router so I can't access that data.

Don't see why a router should make any difference to that.

Well I guess not but I should have mentioned the modem has no web
interface to garner any stats from. And unless I'm missing some other
way to connect to it there isn't any besides maybe being able to do it via
it's MAC address if connected directly to the PC via the PPPoE WAN
miniport. I should toss the model number into Google and see if anyone has
been hacking at them.


However I would have to assume the tech's diagnostics dove deeper into
it as he was on the phone with another tech. He also had some pager
device that gave him a security code via satellite to allow him to log
into whatever he logged into using my connection.

All you can really test is the line status. Everything after it depends
on so many variables.

Yeh I suppose your right, I admittedly know little about the carrier side
of DSL.

Which is common and also note that sometimes you need to specify a
higher power number.




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