Efficient (Efficient Networks, Inc. ) : Speedstream 5100 Series

External Ethernet ADSL Modem - 5100 Series

Efficient's Speedstream 5100 series are external Ethernet ADSL modems.

Features Bridging RFC 2684 (formerly 1483) Bridged Ethernet over ATM PVCs IEEE 802.1d transparent, learning bridge Dynamic learning of up to 255 addresses Spanning Tree Algorithm AAL and ATM Support Peak Cell Rate traffic shaping on a per-VCC basis Up to 8 active VCCs across VPI 0-255, VCI 0-65535 address range ATM Forum UNI3.1/4.0 PVC ATM Traffic class: UBR, CBR, VBRnrt, VBRrt OAM F5 Media Interface RJ-11 ADSL connection 10/100 Base-T RJ-45 Ethernet connection Standards Compliance IEEE 802.3 ADSL: G.dmt, G.lite, ANSI T1.413 Issue 2 System Requirements Ethernet Installation Ethernet NIC Operating system that supports TCP/IP over Ethernet Windows® 98, 98SE, 2000, Me, or XP Pentium® processor 166MHz or faster 32 MB RAM 12 MB free disk space

According to Efficient Networks/Siemens (888) 286-9375 this modem has built in pppoe and is called the 'b' version. It is configurable by using a browser pointed to http://192.168.0.1. The 'a' version has 4 LED's and no built in pppoe.
The modem is reported to work under Linux out of the box.
Thanks to R. H. for the feedback information !
Originally, the modem details were found at: http://www.efficient.com/res-modems.html

Technology:	ADSL (G.992.1)
Linux support:	Yes

http://subscriber.communications.siemens.com/subscriber_networks/pdf/dslmodems.pdf