Hi guys, Have a number of clients running via D-Link ADSL modems (PPPoe) and Telstra Equipment at exchange, there has been a few outages but only in early morning so that hasn't affected anyone, apart from that the links have been running smoothly.
I initally went with Telsta as the sites all run DMZs and Telstra were the only Provider at the time to support the public subnets. I'll have three sites on ADSL next week that will be connecting to each other via VPN, can't wait. Two are with Pacific and Head Office is with Telstra. So to cut a long story short my client paid $600 for the modem as apposed to $1500 for the router. I couldn't see the point of the router if my linux boxes do it all for anyway!!! cheers -- Michael Sztachanski Dir. of Tech. & Professional Services M 0410 547593 Intaface International http://www.intafaceintl.com "Silly Cracker, root is for Administrators" - unknown -------------------------------- eurk-dsl wrote: > Hi there Jobst, > > I've got a customer with that option (router). North Sydney with > connect.com. > > I agree it's a waste of money, but I will say, their ADSL link has been > down twice in four months. > I put it down to the fact that connect have their own equipment and > aren't using Telstra's. > > I use Pacific Internet with an Alcatel ADSL modem and Telstra equipment > in the exchange. I use Roaring Penguin > for the PPPoe. > > It (the link) sucks. > > It goes down more times than a (insert crude alusion here). > > Well anyway, it goes down a lot and is very frustrating. > > So I wonder, is it all the exchange? Maybe the router makes my > customer's link more stable? > > HTH > > > Stuart > > > For example, since 23rd Sep: > > Sep 23 11:00:54 xxxx pppd[15746]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 24 03:50:12 xxxx pppd[21657]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 24 04:49:25 xxxx pppd[22167]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 24 05:59:39 xxxx pppd[22548]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 24 13:20:57 xxxx pppd[24192]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 24 13:45:23 xxxx pppd[1525]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 25 06:47:16 xxxx pppd[1767]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 25 20:44:15 xxxx pppd[3127]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 26 03:23:58 xxxx pppd[3493]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 26 07:02:35 xxxx pppd[3786]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 26 07:11:48 xxxx pppd[4066]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 26 23:31:12 xxxx pppd[11350]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 26 23:42:05 xxxx pppd[11788]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 27 07:22:03 xxxx pppd[11918]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 27 14:37:17 xxxx pppd[483]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 28 07:20:00 xxxx pppd[1726]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Sep 28 07:49:39 xxxx pppd[3348]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. > > Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > >> All, >> my ISP finally is putting equipment into "my" exchange. >> >> The ISP is offering a package deal that comes with a >> Cisco 827 DSL router. >> >> * Should I rather use a modem? >> >> * Wouldnt that be a little overkill considering Linux IP filtering >> and/or masquerading? >> >> * If modem, what modems are suggested (PPPoA)? >> >> >> Comments please (and URL's?). >> >> thanks >> jobst >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
