[ale] New Linksys router on its way

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:34:35 -0500
Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a wr54 that I had dd-wrt on, but I took it out when I got the
> Uverse. Are you saying I have a choice of what modem I can use?? I
> have Uverse TV & phone, so I have a wireless  endpoint going to the
> Uverse box feeding my DVR ... but all my computers are wired from the
> netgear switch, which is fed from the modem. what would I gain from
> adding dd-wrt to that mix?

I have DSL, not Uverse so I do not think you have a choice.  Uverse is
not really DSL is it?

Wiki has some info.

Uverse is either VDSL or ADSL2+.  If it is ADSL2+ then you can use your
own modem.

The TP-LINK W8980 has a ADSL2+ modem.

Chris