> The officeconnect routers that I've seen at least are OLD devices, if > yours are similar to the ones I've come across, I would be willing to > bet they're your bottleneck.
Correct. I just can't find a decent device that will do Blowfish or AES or 3DES, plus LAN routing and URL filtering for around the same price ($50) > > On a separate note, given our bandwidth requirements--why shouldn't we > > get two SDSL lines instead of a T1 plus SDSL for redundancy? The SLAs > > are very similar and SDSL is less expensive. > > Well, depends on the specifics of the provider(s), but the T1 and SDSL > going out simultaneously is almost certainly far less likely than two > SDSL connections going down simultaneously. Depends on your company's > tolerance for failure vs. the cost differential. I would feel more > comfortable with two different types of connections to two different > providers. But, both of those are likely to come into your facility over > the same maybe 200 pair copper (or maybe fiber depending on where you > are), so a cable seeking back hoe will likely take out both (I've seen > it on more than one occasion, it's not pretty). You may want to consider > a cable modem in addition if back hoe failure avoidance is important, > because the cable is most likely going to take a completely different > path. Based on experience, I would be most comfortable with either T1 or > DSL plus cable. Wouldn't you know T1+cable was my plan, but apparently Comcast can't service our corp office (although I've had no trouble with our stores all across the country). It's in a heavy industrial area with no residences nearby, probably why... So I am stuck with Telco technology--SDSL from Covad resold by AT&T and a Sprint T1. I can't wait for them to be installed... Thanks again, Gabe
