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   Hello mark!   
      
    AA>> What modem replacement were you able to find?  I have a modest   
    AA>> museum of old modems. I don't know what to do with them.   
      
    ml> we're talking about an ISP modem... i know the story because sean is one   
    ml> of my links and he was keeping us updated... the ISP sent a zyxel...   
      
   I realized "ISP" modem/router after I sent the message.  I still     
   don't really think of the DSL or cable devices as modems when     
   the term modem is used all by itself in a sentence.  For me,     
   when *just* saying "modem", it's the box that connects an anolog     
   POTS line to a computer.  However, in context it would be     
   obvious that it could also be the dsl or cable or fibe variety.   
      
   However, I *do* have at least one old damaged "isp"/dsl modem to     
   the pile.   I don't know why I haven't thrown that out yet.   
      
   I suppose your zyxel replacement was something provided under a     
   warranty or the rental program?   
      
   I have a dsl modem that has a broken port-forwarding function.     
   It's programmable, but the results don't follow through.  I've     
   configured port-farwarding in a previous dsl modem so I know     
   what I should expect. But this darn replacement that the ISP     
   sent me several years ago does not cooperate.   
      
   I have wondered if it's a simple matter to hot-swap an existing     
   dsl/modem router with another one off-the-shelf.  Many of the     
   config options scare me.  It does not seem as simple as     
   configuring just a un and pw.   
      
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