To my knowledge the only Ethernet WICs available for the 1721 are the WIC-1ENET which is single 10BaseT only.
Do not confuse WIC-4ESW to be a 4 port Ethernet card either. It is a 4 port Ethernet switch. It does however support 802.1q vlan trunking, so it may be possible to separate the ports that way using subinterfaces and vlans. Keep in mind however that PPPoE is not supported on subinterfaces, but I believe DHCP is. (translation for cisco laymen...you won't be able to use the WIC-4ESW ports for PPPoE connections like DSL, but you may be able to use it for DHCP connections like Cable and/or satellite) I know someone who inadvertently bought a WIC-4ESW thinking it would work for them. I'll see if they still have it and if they do I'll try and do some testing with it (as time permits). Bill From: Bruce N [mailto:het...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:08 AM To: Bill Sandiford; wai...@gmail.com; asterisk Mailing Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations Sounds like a really solid/resonably priced option. Cisco 1721 has a one 10/100 Fast Ethernet Port. I am looking to use this as a load balancer for three ISPs if it's possible with this router. Providers are: Bell (ADSL) - RJ-11 interface = WIC-1ADSL Rogers - RJ-45 interface = ? Sattalite - RJ-45 interface = ? POE Switch - RJ-45 interface = ? So, in total 3 RJ-45 and 1 ADSL port is needed. I can live with 3 RJ-45 and no ADSL ports as well. Supporting 100mbps on all RJ-45 ports would definitely be a bonus. I know that the router has two WIC slots. WIC-1ADSL exists as Bill suggested. Is there another WIC which can support two 10/100Base RJ-45 base in the other WIC slot? Or maybe even a one port 10/100Base? The reason why I am posing this question is because I only found a one port 10Base WIC module on the list of compatible modules for this router and no 100Base WICs. Thanks, Bruce > From: b...@telnetcommunications.com > To: wai...@gmail.com; asterisk@uc.org > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:02:59 -0500 > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations > > I currently have a WRT54GL in my home running the MLPPP version of Tomato, > and it is pretty solid but does lock up from time to time. The lockups aren't > to troublesome in my home situation, but would be annoying in a business > environment. > > We found the same thing in the field for most of the readily available > routers, whether they be Linksys, D-Link, Buffalo or otherwise. Most of the > time they were pretty good, but in certain circumstances they just locked up, > or wouldn't reconnect PPPoE after an outage, or other weird stuff. > > For that reason, we are now solely deploying Cisco 1721 routers for all of > our business customer deployments (whether they use VoIP or not). You can > pick them up on eBay from a variety of sources for < $100. I think we bought > 100 of them for $50 each. Then we put the WIC-1ADSL card into the router > (they are also around $50 on eBay). In some cases we put in 2 DSL cards and > bond the links with MLPPP. > > The great part of this solution is that for around $100 (for the single DSL, > or $150 for dual) we get a router that runs Cisco IOS and all the great > things that come along with that. The reliability is outright awesome...they > just never need to be rebooted. > > The downside is no web interface, so you have to know Cisco IOS or be fairly > comfortable with a command-line interface. Also, there is no wireless in this > series of routers, so you will need some sort of stand-alone AP if the > customer wants wireless (most of them do). > > Regards, > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wai Vii [mailto:wai...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:06 PM > To: TAUG Technical > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations > > Another vote for Tomato, the traffic shaping works great whereas it > just seemed to cause problems with DD-WRT. Used to have DD-WRT loaded > on up to ten WRT54GS but found it slower than Tomato and the interface > more cumbersome. > > Another vote for the ASUS routers mentioned. Heard that the Buffalo > routers are OK too but I've never used one before. If you want to > spend a bit more, consider Soekris or Routerboard. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org > For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org > For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org > ________________________________ Tell the whole story with photos, right from your Messenger window. Learn how!<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9706112>
