This goes back to David Cook's talk on imbedded systems... I think that this is a case where distros like AstLinux and OpenWRT shine. They're tailored to run in unmanaged environments on flashdisks with fanless systems.
>From Philip's talk, I got the impression that pfSense was also designed for this sort of thing, if a bit alpha-beta On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Dave Donovan wrote: > You make a good point. It's hard to trust a PC when it's not in a > managed environment. > > DD > > On 9/12/06, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its symmetric, I'm still a little loathe to try a pc for a router at a > > clients side, I'd rather have a solid state device. > > > > For my own business both (asterisk and pfsense) are perfect, but the point > > is I think for software on generic computers you still need a sys admin, if > > that's your core business to provide system services/maintenance then its a > > great fit to sell them as solutions! > > > > On 9/12/06, Dave Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Shidan. > > > > > > I know you've asked for experience and I can't say that I've ever > > > tried to tie more than 2 of anything together. However, I was at > > > Phillip's presentation a few meetings ago and I got the idea that > > > PFSense was a pretty capable open source product for multiwan > > > applications. From the demo, I don't see any reason why you couldn't > > > put a few quad port cards into a machine and go from there. The only > > > limitation we discussed was related to a restriction to 1 PPOE > > > connection but that was supposed to have been solved in the next > > > release which should be out by now. > > > > > > Of course, this is where I would solicit Philip's expert advice. :-) > > > > > > Dr Phil? Give us your wisdom. > > > > > > WRT your question about T1-like performance, is this symmetric or > > > asymmetric? Even if you tie a whole bunch of asymmetric lines > > > together aren't you still going to have a huge imbalance between TX > > > and RX rates? > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On 9/12/06, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone here had experiences with DSL load balancers they want to > > share? > > > > I have > > > > 12 dry lines that I want a good router setup for. Preferably something > > solid > > > > state, but I'm interested in anyone that has tried this with PC's, as > > well. > > > > so any recommendations or advice highly appreciated! > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Shidan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David Donovan > > > Consultant > > > Fulcrum Solutions > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > David Donovan > Consultant > Fulcrum Solutions > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
