Drew,
Thanks a lot for weighing in on this. I appreciate it. I was almost buying WIC-4ESW. This could also affect the aggregated speed if I use a WIC-1ADSL because that is yet on another VLAN. However, the route is to support 40 Aastra phone only (with SIP trunking to outside) and maybe 10mbps is going to work (no computer on the network) but I would like a more solid solution in case of expansion. Is there any other of the Cisco router which would do 100mbps at a reasonable price that you can recommend? Please remember the multi-wan requirement. If worse comes to worse and no options I may drop the RJ-11 requirement and not use Bell at all. Thanks, Bruce > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:05:23 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Router Recommendations > > I've used the WIC-4ESW in the past. > > You can assign each of the ports to a different VLAN to create up to 4 > more routed ethernet interfaces. However, despite each switchport being > 100Mb, the interface between the WIC-4ESW and the router is only 10Mb. > > Traffic between switchports on the same VLAN will be 100Mb but traffic > between VLANS will be seriously limited as it has to pass through the > 10Mb pipe to the router twice. > > In Bruce's scenario, traffic would not pass between switchports but > aggregate Internet bandwidth would be limited to around 6Mb (10Mb in > theory only). > > regards, > > Drew > > > > Bill Sandiford wrote: > > 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:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:08 AM > > To: Bill Sandiford; [email protected]; 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: [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. 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