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The Nokia Ni500 is an external ADSL Modem/Router. It is a rather bad one. If at all possible, try to stay away from these. They are prone to terrible connections, due apparently to heat problems. Sometimes (at least once) known as a "Pie Warmer". Whatever the reason, they are a rather bad ADSL router that doesn't even support pinholing of ports.

If you are stuck with one:
* You can telnet into the router to change configuration options.
* The default password is 'i500' generally.

You can try to avoid heat problems by taking the case off to give it more ventilation. When I did this I found the entire thing felt hotter than an overclocked Athlon. Maybe mounting a few fans around the board would help.

It seems that there is a EMF sheild over the chips to meet EMI regulations, however this acts as a heat reflector making the chips cool less efficiently.  I suggest removing the large alloy sheild, mounting heatsinks on all the hot chips (using some sort of thermal epoxy) and a suitable fan to promote air flow.  -- JamesSpooner

One page links to Ni500:

ADSLModems

Last edited on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:38:48 am by SamJansen

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