>I have to ask, what was wrong with a pair of media converters ($200/pair new, >$50/pair on ebay) and some cheap-as-dirt multimode fiber? Isolated, 100mbit >and easily, easily gangable. Was the goal simply to get as fast as possible
>with regular copper wire, or was there a bigger objective? >I do appreciate the effort put into this, though, and more than anything I >appreciate your posting it here for others. I sincerely thank you for that. Because of rights-of-way issues that happened after the copper was laid, it was impossible to lay new fiber. The objective was to create a close to 100mbit as possible, redundant, and prioritizable (sp?) link using the existing copper. The link just functions as a plain jane bridge right now but sticking Linux in the mix allows for future QoS and routing enhancements when the remote location grows. This is a large consideration because the company I work for is experiencing 100% yearly growth with no end in sight. Thanks for the comments. It was a cool learning experience for me; I'm actually suprised and impressed that it works so well. Ping times are precisely the same as the local switch! When the users moved over, they just plugged in. Yay Linux _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
