Thank you for your replies gt94sss2 and burakkucat,
The ISP router is an Asus DSL-N16 and as I found today its a MediaTek MT7510 chipset not Lantiq as I was informed, it seems to be a basic router. It looks like I will be connected a ECI cab, finding that was interesting, I nearly took up cab spotting for a new hobby !
The Zyxel I have is a VMG1312-B10D that I picked up off a well known auction site, I cleared the ROM and flashed it with the latest firmware.
What ever I use will be in modem mode as I use pfsense. So far I am still on Adsl for a week so cant test the Zyxel, testing on Adsl in bridge mode was interesting, the Zyxel connects and I get stats ok but it wont connect to pfsense unless I delete the Zyxel interfaces and create a new one, if the modem drops or reboots then I have to create a new interface, very quirky but keeps me interested
After reading through the forums here I decided on the Zyxel, it was a last minute haggle and a good deal, however I would like another router, anything so long as it has the priority setting, meaning Zyxel or billion. I did consider a HG612 3B, even though I can mod it, looking at the user guides i have seen, the priority setting seems limited to low or high and I don't want to take the chance.
This is going it be fun, my reward for picking an ISP with an oddball setting !
EDIT: I have been looking at the Vigor 130, I wonder how it fairs with ECI cabs, I have seem some mixed comments about it.
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