Finally 'the time was ripe' ((C) 1980s Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister fame) and some testing was performed.
The HG612 firmware images tested were:
(1) Original Asbo Image Unlocked.
(2) Asbo Image Unlocked, With New BLOB.
(3) Wolfy Image Unlocked, With GUI.
The VC-230N Configuration ('One Port DSLAM'):
Profile 17a, Annex A.
SNRM set to 6 dB.
Interleaved (8 ms).
INP set to 3.
No rate capping.
Local loop length == 1.5 metres.
Testing Procedure:
VC-230N powered up.
After 5 minutes, HG612 powered up.
After 5 minutes, HG612 GUI statistics gathered,
HG612 CLI statistics gathered,
VC-230N GUI statistics gathered.
Attached, below, are four files -- showing the VC-230N's configuration and the line_stats_p obtained from the HG612 with each of the firmware images, listed above, installed in turn.