On Fri, February 6, 2009 1:12 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Chris Thompson schrieb: >> Hi all. >> I run two mail and web servers from my house on a DSL line. Until a few >> weeks ago I was on cable but a new ISP launched some good SME offers and >> I >> decided to make the switch. >> > Would be rather helpfull if you could give some numbers like number of > connections (open and half-open) for each server as well > as the amount of data that goes through as well as your dsl speed. > > Have you considered getting a dedicated server at somehosting site? > I switched all the servers I used to run at home to a dedicated server 4 > years ago. >> Both the servers sustain quite some traffic and (especially the mail) >> need >> to open many more connections that a mid-level router can handle. >> After reading some reviews, I decided to purchase a linksys AM200 DSL >> gateway and configure it to run in half-bridge mode (so that all the >> public IPs are mapped directly on the servers' network interfaces). >> Unfortunately, even with the newest firmware, the linksys modem keeps >> crashing when under load. >> >> I am now in the process of selecting a new modem-only device to connect >> to >> the DSL and I thought about the DrayTek Vigor 100/110 >> (http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor110.html). >> My questions are: >> >> 1) Does anyone have direct experience with this product in a server >> environment? >> > I run a Linksys DM111PB ADSL 2+ Modem here had no hick ups in 2+ years > No need to spend more ca$h than needed >> 2) I understand that the Vigor only takes care of handling the ATM layer >> stuff, so I will need to run the PPPoE daemon on the server. Will that >> affect the connection's performance? >> > You really want to run the pppoe Daemon on a dedicated (virtual) server > in your network that also handles all your firewalling, nating and > traffic shaping needs. >> 2b) I have no experience whatsoever of ppp configuration on Debian, can >> you point me toward a good guide/reference? >> > man pppoeconf is all you need :-) >> 3) Is there any other DSL hardware would you recommend that would >> guarantee connection stability? >> > If you really need high stability then do yourself a favour and get a > dedicated server at some hosting site. > You will have downtimes with DSL no matter how good you build your side > of the DSL link >>
Thank you for your response. I did in fact consider a dedicated solution but having recently purchased the server hardware and entered a 2y-long contract with the ISP, I really don't think that would be an economically viable solution (not to mention all the migration work). I previously looked into housing my servers somewhere but there are no datacenters that offer such service in my area and it would be a hassle having to go there everytime I need to scale the HW configuration (and that happened a lot lately). At this right moment, I have 43 open and 11 half-open connections for SMTP on the mailserver and 30 open connections on port 80 for the webserver. Unfortunaly the numbers vary much, especially between 5-10pm. I know this might not sound very specific, but when I was connecting via the cable the modem was basically acting as a bridge to the servers and I never had any stability problems whatsoever. I would like to be able to obtain the same results with my DSL line too. BTW, I google'd for DM111PB but it only showed up Netgear products - are you sure linksys makes one with the same name? Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
