Yes, but is that spelled out in an SLA...
And even then, what happens when they oops?

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

>  The ISP tells me that only we can see our data on Metro E.
>
> Thanks, I can spell HIPAA too.  We live it here in health care.
>
> >>> "Raper, Jonathan - Eagle" <[email protected]> 1/5/2011 2:42 PM >>>
>
> Delineation of public/non-controlled network to private/controlled network,
> would be my reasoning.
>
> Also, he is talking about an INTERNET connection. Why would you not
> firewall your ISP connection???
>
> We run Cisco VPN across all of our (non-internet) Metro-E links, just to be
> able to say that we know our data is secure. HIPAA anyone?
>
>
>
> Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
> Technology Coordinator
> Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA*
> *[email protected]*
> *www.eaglemds.com
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
>  *Sent:* Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2:37 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Metro Ethernet ?
>
>
>
> Firewall?  Why are you routing that through a firewall?  Our setup is our
> ISP's equipment is connected directly to a second core switch for Metro E.
>
> >>> "Paul Everett" <[email protected]> 1/5/2011 2:16 PM >>>
>
> We recently went from a T1 Internet connection to 10meg Metro-E and we
> tested 10 megs to our ISP, but only 5 to Miami, 3 to Atlanta, and only 1meg
> to the West Coast.
>
> Our problem was our Firewall couldn’t handle the throughput.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 05, 2011 11:37 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Metro Ethernet ?
>
>
>
> *Something is dirty somewhere. Could be a misconfigured port along the
> way, could be bad cabling, etc…*
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *[email protected]*
>
> * *
>
> *c   – 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:21 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Metro Ethernet ?
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
>
>
> I am converting our network from point to point to MVLS/Metro Ethernet.
>
>
>
> What I am noticing at some sites is that performance is worse that with the
> point to point circuit.  Ping times greatly increased, collisions, etc.
> I've been working with my provider to get this resolved.  First they thought
> it was a speed mismatch issue, so the provider's equipment and my equipment
> were changed to the same setting (full 100).  That's not working and now
> we'll probably change it to full 10 (since the allocation is 5 Mbps
> anyway).  I can also do some rate shaping on my switches, but it's a PITA
> and I was hoping to avoid it.
>
>
>
> Anyone else have these issues with conversion?  Some sites are fine, others
> are not.  All have same switches, model, firmware, config for trunk ports.
>
>
>
> I haven't pulled out my bag o software to look at what's on the pipe,
> anyone have any that would be best for this scenario?  I have Praesser but I
> really need a site to site test/analysis tool.  I just downloaded Qcheck and
> will see if that does it.  I've also asked my provider to give me some
> statistics on traffic they see.
>
>
>
> Recommendations and comments welcome.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tom Miller
> Engineer, Information Technology
> Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
> 757-788-0528
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