Broadcom has created a pure commodity market with their ADSL router chip set. All brands based on this chip set are effectively the same product. Next thing you know, we will be buying ADSL router futures on the floor of the stock exchange! Here is a comparison of the specifications of the top three brands based on the Broadcom chip set -- US Router, Zhone and Comtrend.
The US100 series of ADSL2+ modems is based on the Broadcom chipset and reference design firmware. Broadcom provides complete modem functionality in their reference design, which makes this product very low cost to produce. Because the Broadcom reference designs are so robust, all Broadcom based ADSL modems are essentially identical. The menus and capabilities of this product are exactly the same as you will find on modems from Comtrend and others that cost much more. We cut out the brand name hype to bring you this product direct from the same factories at a huge savings in cost We will quote this product 20% below any "brand name" Broadcom product.
iPC – Internet Protocol Communicator--Router outside, Linux/DDWRT inside. Your GO TO solution.
US5502GKW
This average looking SOHO(Small office/Home office) router is the answer to all of those specific applications that often force you to search out expensive and unnecessary hardware. You need a captive portal, an easily deployed packet sniffer, remote IDS(Intrusion Detection System) sensors for wired or wireless networks, or just a Linux friendly teleworker solution for L2TP/PPTP/IPsec or even OpenVPN. We frequently get requests from customers for unusual combinations of features on modems and routers. But, if any router ever tried to be all things to all people, it would be a configuration nightmare and cost as much as Cisco routers.
The open source movement has created a great amount of free software that can easily be assembled into very unique solutions. We are beginning to see equipment manufacturers opening CPE to these special solutions. It is now possible to run basic UNIX / Linux / DDWRT on these devices and allow customers to use low cost hardware to build products that might cost 100 times as much.
We now have a low cost $60 router that can run Linux, function as an IP router and do additional functions. If you have any special requirements, please contact us. We can build a device customized to your special needs.
USRouter
The US100 series of ADSL2+ modems is based on the Broadcom chipset and reference design firmware. Broadcom provides complete modem functionality in their reference design, which makes this product very low cost to produce. Because the Broadcom reference designs are so robust, all Broadcom based ADSL modems are essentially identical. The menus and capabilities of this product are exactly the same as you will find on modems from Comtrend and others that cost much more. We cut out the brand name hype to bring you this product direct from the same factories at a huge savings in cost We will quote this product 20% below any "brand name" Broadcom product.