Verizon/Actiontec forces people to use 802.11b on GT704WGB modems

Verizon recently sent me an Actiontec GT704WGB as a replacement for my GT704WG. When I tried to turn off the mixed mode wireless support (802.11b and 802.11g), the modem wouldn't show "802.11g only" on the status screen.
I rebooted the modem remotely only to find that every custom setting except for my PPPoE login had been reset. Thinking that I had hit the "Restore Factory Settings" link by default, I changed all of the other settings back to the way they were and rebooted the modem. Again, everything was set back to factory defaults. Since the mixed mode setting was one of the last things I changed, I left it alone and changed everything else and rebooted. The settings were remembered, so it's obvious that turning off 802.11b causes the factory reset. However, there is no factory reset if you only want to turn off 801.11g. For some reason, the Actiontec modem/gateways have no way to back up the settings, even to the modem itself as with the Westell 7500, so you are foced to re-enter every custom setting, password and rule every time factory settings are restored.
I emailed tech support, but they were clueless, so either the firmware is defective and no one reported it, or they are forcing you to use 802.11b. I didn't have this problem with my GT704WG with the newest firmware, which btw isn't what's on Verizon's website and Actiontec has taken it down.
It may seem like it doesn't matter that 802.11b is broadcasting, but if you are in a 802.11g only environment, you can turn off the "Mixed Mode Protection" setting in your adapters. That way the adapters only need to perform CTS-to-self instead of RTS/CTS checks, which should improve performance.

voyager62 wrote:
Even then I'd lose the ability to manage the Actiontec wirelessly.
Really? I would not be so sure of that, if I were you.
I know that you do not have a Linksys, but as an example I point to:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7267
* Especailly the recommended method that they talk about.
voyager62 wrote:
The best solution is to simply fix the firmware so that 802.11b can be turned off properly.
Yes, I guess that would be nice.
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