Re: [LARTC] Redundant internet connections.

[Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>]

On 06/22/07 09:57, Gustavo Homem wrote:
> I've done this, but I think it's unreliable for professional use. The 
> USB modems are non-standard so if one burns you can't exchange it for 
> a different one without feasible but time consuming tweaking (tried 
> more then one USB devices...).
> 
> Even for Ethernet briding devices I only use models which are 
> delivered by ISPs (rather than retail shop devices), to garantee they 
> were tested for stability:
> 
> POTS: http://www.huawei.com/products/terminal/products/view.do?id‡
> 
> ISDN: http://www.acbs-dsl-store.com/contenu/Articles/Article.asp?PdtNum=DSLGP628LP
> 
> 
> These models run forever in bridged mode. The second one accepts 
> multiple PPPoE clients on different ports.
> 
> 
> That's expectable since using PPPoA instead of PPPoEoA, reduces the 
> overhead. But I don't know a standard PPPoA setup.
> 
> But if we want QoS working, we can't use the full line capability 
> anyway.
> 
> Even if that happens, it would hardly compensate the risk of lower 
> reliability.

All very valid points and things to consider.  However for a home 
environment / non critical environment, it provides a lot of potential.



Grant. . . .
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