Hi all,
So I'm dealing with something at work and all available technologies that I would normally use are out of the window on this, unable to use BET on the line as well.
The guy has two ADSL1 lines running at around 1200-1300kbps on both of them. The final look was into bonding the WAN's, though this is where it confuses me.
Does anyone know of a way to bond the lines for example using two ADSL PCI modems and the likes of Smoothwall to manage the WAN/Firewall. I've heard of some technology called Shotgun also possibly using Multi-homing routers?
Any input would be much appreciated as I'm really confused.
I was thinking something like this;
http://www.edimax.us/html/english/products/BR724.htm
you can bond them, but you need the ISP to do some work on there end / the exchange too, to set it up
which ISP is he with ? most of the big ones offer line bonding now....
how far is he from the exchange ? and is he doing it for more upload or more download ?
BE will bond up a couple of 24mbit lines for you for not a lot extra, and there's the option to go with 2.5mbit upload on each, so 5mbit upload total :-)
(depending on distance from the exchange of course)
once the isp is setup you just need the proper router to do it.... or a smooth wall box if you prefer...
what's he using it for ? it might be handy to have something that can handle QOS so some things can be prioritised over others (I'm thinking ip phones etc...)
The line is 72db (so bloody long) and has 0 aluminium in it. Sync speeds that I mentioned above is as fast as they are going to ever run until FTTP is available. The junction box is over 1800 meters away so even if VDSL was launched the line wouldn't support it.
It's from BT, I'm waiting for Wholesale to get back to me on what they can do.
Yeah I explained that QoS would be needed for the network and they are fine with that. The guy just wants a quicker upload for when he is working from home,.
Glad you answered this as I remember you having a similar setup at your house.