We're in a bit of a stranglehold for providers in our area, unfortunately, but our router (a pfsense based router) handles both bonding of two connections, as well as doing failover in case one takes a dive.
It also tells you about bandwidth usage per client, and as Jerome said, the easiest answer is throttling each client, though that can result in a crappy experience all of the time. For a long time I underestimated the complexity of running a network for more than a dozen or so people. It's a constant game of whack a mole. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Aliza Torok Schlabach <[email protected]> wrote: > Do any of you use multiple carriers simultaneously (not just for back up)? > Example - Comcast + Verizon? I'm wondering how complicated that would be to > set up. > > Also, if you have a single password for the entire coworking space, is there > any way to tell who is hogging the bandwidth? > > Thanks! > > -- > Aliza Schlabach > Founder > Coworking for Parents / Juice Box > www.CoworkingForParents.com > 215.858.4658 > Sign up for our email newsletter | Join our Meetup group | Like us on > Facebook | Join the Conversation | Pinterest - Coworking | Pinterest - Kids > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > wrote: > +1 to everything Jerome said. > > There's plenty of pain within a network of people who are SUPPOSED to be able > to get on the network. You don't also want to make it hard for people to > connect in the first place. > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We haven't changed our password in 2+ years either, however...our issues are >> everything after that initial authentication. One of the biggest problems >> we have is someone's hogging our bandwidth. Drop a 500mb movie file in >> Dropbox midday and then, it's like rush hour heading into the Lincoln >> Tunnel. So we have to throttle each user, etc. >> >> OR, one side of the office somehow has way more devices on it so we need the >> other AP's to help balance the load. >> >> OR, one Internet feed drops so the 2nd/back-up needs to kick in immediately, >> and likely with different throttling settings since it has less bandwidth. >> >> OR there are too many other AP's nearby and their channels or whatever cause >> enough interference. >> >> Etc >> >> Jerome (not from an EvilBerry) >> www.BLANKSPACES.com >> >> On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Tom Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We've changed ours once in three years, and it is a pain both to inform the >>> members and for members with older machines to change it. >>> >>> --- >>> twb >>> Sent from my aye phone >>> >>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> We've changed ours twice in 6 years. The inconvenience of constantly >>>> changing passwords is a killer for the members. >>>> >>>> Is there a particular thing that you're concerned about that has you >>>> wanting to change the password daily? >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> -- >>>> /ah >>>> indyhall.org >>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>> >>>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Melissa Saubers <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Do you change them on a daily basis? >>>>> Or do you use a similar system that a hotel would use where the user has >>>>> to sign in each day and it's good for 24 hours (not sure what it's >>>>> called)? >>>>> Or something else? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Coworking" group. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Coworking" group. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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