Re: OT(for aus.cars)Ping anyone who knows aboutTG782T modem

Thanks I will try it as soon as I find where I have put the power supply.

Any joy with your Toyota keys? Regards, Jacko.

Not yet glad you reminded me still not game untill outside toyota dealers and I forgot

if they're gigabit ports connecting them to a phone line will kill them.

transformers are the usual way to couple ethernet ports. I don't think I've ever seen an optocoupler used.

Mr. Murtz might not be a computer geek, but I doubt he'd have plugged the 'phone line into multiple network ports.

I don't make a habit of dismantling functional equipment, but the two most recent gigabit switches I've had to open have both used opto-couplers. Admittedly they were from the same manufacturer, so it might not be standard across the board. All of the 10Mbps and 100Mbps equipment I've opened in the past have used transformers.

And now the memories start flooding in... Trying to diagnose a network fault through a maze of coax - 1Mbps ArcNet connected through 50 ohm coaxial cable which wasn't allowed to be less than three metres long (per segment), and which needed to be terminated at each end. And LANtastic with its "bleep of death" resonating from all thirteen workstations... Ah, those were the days! :-P

Offending article.

Well they're definitely transformers;

If you fancy replacing two 20-pin DIP packages in the hopes that they're the culprits, you can get ten of them for about $15 including postage from China;

How good are your soldering skills?

I'm a little hesitant to decisively point the finger at these though, as they have a habit of going t*ts-up as a complete package rather than individual ports.

Alternatively, you can get a replacement unit for about $50 including postage;

As mentioned previously though, a non-Thomson one would be a better idea for longer-term sanity.

I can not imagine what would blow them individually either unless an intermittent short in a bit of cat five cable or termination would do it as I swapped it to different sockets testing them.

I have the DG834G but am having trouble configuring it for bigpond, when the holidays are over I might have another marathon with the telstra techs .

soldering skills makes no difference, tried to order and they say can't be shipped to Australia. Might try wes or rs

Did the vendor say that after you placed the order?

Just looking at the postage options, they're all available for postage to Australia;

If that vendor falls through, there're plenty of others;

before the payment page after filling a form with name address etc.