Useful DSL Information

Mostly applicaple to the following Netgear routers:
DG834v1
DG834v2
DG834v3
DG834GT
DG834G

Enable debug mode on the router:
1. Go to the following into your web browser: http://routerip/setup.cgi?todo=debug and log in.
At this stage you should see "Debug Enable!" in the browser.
3. Telnet to the router IP address.
4. Enter the following command:

cat /proc/avalanche/avsar_modem_stats

Useful info from the above output

ATUC Vendor Codes:

414C4342 = ALCB Alcatel (ST Micro)
414E4456 = ANDV Analog Devices
4244434D = BDCM Broadcom
4753504E = GSPN Globespan
4946544E = IFTN Infineon (Huawei)
53544D49 = ST Micro
54535443 = TSTC Texas Instruments
544D4D42 = TMMB Thomson Multimedia Broadband

Common trained modes:

3 = ADSL
8 = ADSL2
16 = ADSL2+

Other useful info:

Showtime count = number of syncs since system poweron

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