Thanks evrybody for your input. (been away so not had chance to catch up 'till now). Well as suspected Edimax came up with the fat zero. FYI I can telnet to it OK and, Kitz, your right it is a TrendChip. Odd interface though. I do know a bit about Linux and it's not like what I know e.g. a 'ls' commad does not list the directory but a list of commands and they have a sort of conctinated operation, see below
Copyright (c) 2001 - 2006 TrendChip Technologies Corp.
tc> ls
Valid commands are:
sys exit ether wan
etherdbg usb ip bridge
dot1q pktqos show set
lan
tc> sys
adjtime callhist countrycode date
domainname edit extraphnum feature
hostname log resetlog stdio
time trcdisp trclog trcpacket
syslog version view wdog
romreset upnp atsh xmodemmode
diag routeip bridge save
display password default adminname
modelcheck multiuser pswauthen clockchange
hangdbg nm socket filter
ddns cpu snmp
tc> l
tc> wan
atm node hwsar adsl
tsarm
tc> wan adsl
chandata close coding defbitmap
linedata open opencmd opmode
perfdata reset status version
vendorid utopia nearituid farituid
cellcnt display rateadap dumpconditio
sampletime noisegt noisemargin persisttime
timeinterval defectcheck txgain targetnoise
txfilter setrvid txtones snroffset
errorsecond diag watchdog fwversion
uptime dumprate annex
tc> wan adsl noisemargin
Usage: noisemargin_value
I can get it to do stuff therefore but it such a pain and a suck and see job. Anyway as per peoples advice I'll go in search of other TrendChip Modem/Routers and see what I can find. Of course any help is always most welcome.
P.S
In return: every wanted a good network moinitoring tool to keep tabs on your bandwidth usage etc? Try this
http://www.paessler.com/prtg it's free for up to five sensors so great for home/small business use.