Re: Monitor ADSL connection (sync) speed

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ross McLachlan wrote:
> If you are having sync problems I would try using a router with a
better
> chipset such as a Zyxel. Drayteks can be pretty bad on ADSL max lines
and do
> all sorts of weird things, e.g at a client site Draytek 2600 and 2800s
were
> very unstable at even 512kbps and the upload kept rate adapting to
64kbps! A
> Zyxel router syncs solidly at 512/256k !
>

Are there any alternatives to the drayteks that support port redirection
*and* multi-NAT? I've just discovered this limitation with the 2600plus
- you can't do port redirection from anything other than the
"main" WAN
IP address.

Also, does anyone know of a router appliance that can run a local DNS
server (ie. so I can sensibly name all my machines without having to
distribute and synchronise /etc/hosts type files), and has a DHCP server
that can statically allocate IP addresses according to the MAC address
of the requesting interface?

Jim