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: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > 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:[email protected]] > 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9706116
