Yea, but it was a good catch to bring it up as an issue when considering link redundancy.
-- ME2 On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Ryan Finnesey < [email protected]> wrote: > He did not say where the office is located but in NYC it is possible to get > one cable connection from TWC and one from RCN. If you get the business > class service from each you can even run BGP. > > > > Cheers > > Ryan > > > > > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 19, 2010 6:50 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Which router do you like best for this? > > > > Good catch Jim. Stu, make certain that you are getting your links from > dissimilar ISPs that have different backbone networks. > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jim McAtee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two feeds from the same cable company? If so, the only way one is going > down while the other stays up is if there's a physical break in one of the > lines between the curb and the building, which I would think should be very > rare. I don't think I'd bother setting up such a scheme if failover is the > goal. And few ten person offices need a 50 Mbps internet connection, so > load balancing two of them accomplishes very little. Better would be to set > up the cable connection to be used all the time, and fail over to a slower > DSL link. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu Sjouwerman" < > [email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:27 PM > Subject: Which router do you like best for this? > > > > > I'm creating an office for 10 people to start with, and want a router that > can > take two different (50/5) cable feeds and load balance them. When one feed > gets cut, the other feed takes over and at least we'll have access. What > router > do you like best for this type of use? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
