nnaarrnn
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Nitro, WV
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Re: What do I need - T1, T1 scaled up or Cable Biz internet?
I have a very similar situation with one of my clients, and ended up with a single full bandwidth T-1 (1.544Mbps) for business things (VPN, web/ftp server, video confrencing, etc...) AND a 6Mb/256kb cable connection for "other" traffic. I used to have a Linksys Rv042 Dual wan VPN router inbetween both ISPs and our network, but ended up scrapping it for a pfsence (»www.pfsense.com/) Live CD router on a P3 machine--1Ghz/512MB with 3 nics. It has a SUPERIOR QoS traffic shaper to the Linksys, and allows me to route the browsing/dowloading through the cable, and everything "business" related through the rock solid T-1. Doing it this way saves the client about 300/month on access charges they'd receive with bonded Ts. |
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering
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1 edit | I appreciate the response. However, this is a multi-billion dollar company with their own corporate network support team and I got my hand slapped for running a inventory scanner to pick up PC inventory on the network. I work in one of the bigger field offices but corporate b**ch slaps us around when it comes to the network.
I believe the devil would become an angel in heaven again before they let me go with the setup you described. It makes a lot of sense to me but it would be a cold day in hell before our corporate network team let that pass through.
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fatmanskinny
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Wandering
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Cable internet is out of the picture. At this point, we only qualify for T1 or better lines, not any DSL or cable.
Comcast came out and surveyed our building. Basically, it would cost us quite a few thousand for them to perform construction so we could get their service.
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seanb
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join:2005-12-20
West Palm Beach, FL
| reply to fatmanskinny
if this is a multi-billion $ company, 4 little letters is all they need
MPLS
put 3.0mb MPLS solution between offices and you're done. Prioritize the important traffic and live happy.
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Sean B
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