[ale] OT: ADSL modem bottleneck

[Mike Millson]

On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 09:39, Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Mike Millson wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 09:41, Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
> > > But DSL is only half duplex, so would a half duplex 10BaseT actually slow
> > > you down?
> >
> > Are you saying that DSL and ADSL in and of itself is only capable of
> > half duplex? It's not just a pipe between the router and the central
> > office? You can only be uploading or downloading at a given time? Or are
> > you saying that the router itself, like a hub, is half duplex?
> 
> That's what I read, but I'm having trouble varifying that now. Some sites
> seem to think that duplex means symetric. Anyway, I will just say that I
> *think* DSL is half duplex and leave it at that. Someone else know better?
> 
I did some searching around, and I'm convinced that the ADSL that I have
is full duplex.

I'm not so sure about IFITL. It may be half duplex.

And I found this in the Linux DSL HowTo:
"Most DSL modems and routers typically are set to half duplex."

No doubt the 10BaseT connection on my ADSL router is half duplex.

It seems to me that the Alcatel 1000 router itself is the bottleneck.
The ADSL connection my only be 256 kbps, but it is full duplex. The
router can do 10 Mbps, but it's only half duplex.

Anyone know of a full duplex ADSL router that they would recommend using
w/ BellSouth ADSL?

Mike