Connecting SDSL Modems Back to Back

Well I finally had some time to sit down and configure my Efficient 5851 SDSL modems in a back to back fashion.

I have them working great when connected via a patch cable.  Tomorrow the telco is finishing up my Dry Loop install and I should be able to just connect them at both locations and they’ll still work .. So let’s hope.

The maximum speed I can achieve on these modems is 1152 kbps which will work for now and will give me time to get my tower up so that I can do a wireless backhaul.

I am unsure of the actual speed I will get due to the distance of my two locations but we’ll find that out soon enough and if it’s too slow to support clients then I will be working on getting my tower up as quickly as possible or looking into solutions that will bond multiple dry pairs since I can get these pairs rather cheap it might be more cost effective than trying to get the tower put up at this time..