Nope... I think a Speedtouch 546 can be hacked, but then it loses much else that makes it a nice router for the price.

Otherwise you're into this sort of price bracket if you can't find it on eBay

I'll pre-empt the next enquiry from Max, No it doesn't give faster download speeds

Wouldn't IPv6 have larger IP headers and therefore more overheads?
So it could in theory reduce the download speed by a small fraction of a %

No, IPv6 is "greener" protocol due to adaptation to todays needs for more data, speed and flexibility - p2p etc - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbogram .

Having both IPv4 and IPv6 is like having hot and cold water pipes running through the same single tap. You can't get more than the tap, but somethimes hot water gives better pressure and sometimes cold. You have chance to choose and if hot water(lets say it is coming seperaty from street) stops flowing, you can still get cold water..

If you combine IPv4 and IPv6 p2p seeders, you can maximise download speed, especially when some countries have developed IPv6 only networks. Some providers filter p2p on IPv4, but not IPv6, like here - http://www.ipv6.com/articles/blog/Comcast-Verizon-Filtering-P2P-Traffic.htm

Diversification, imagine internet gets flooded on IPv4, you still maintain some access via IPv6.

Yes it might be, that if you are very standard user not using any innovative applications, you might not need to upgrade or to wonder another three years, but otherwise I would rather keep up to date, especially if you are investing in new hardware, using p2p & etc.

I was referring to RFC 2460 (IPv6) and 791 (IPv4) rather than wikipedia. And if you read the rfc 2675 they quote, you'll see that the option is not useful on an ADSL link due to the required fragmentation of your large packets into MTU-sized bits.
So it doesn't improve the link performance. It may, however, make things even worse.

You are talking about the current and I about the future. Who will use adsl in the future?

I was remaining on topic. Sorry if that offends you

I hope when 802.11N has fully launched that Cisco brings out a SOHO router thats got a integrated 1gbps switch and 802.11n wireless capabilites. Oh and also a fiber port just for future proofing lol. That would be awesom, and make things even more attractive to buying Cisco for the average home user

Edited by Bobby_Valentino (Thu 08-May-08 11:54:35)