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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:31:27 +0000 (GMT) Gordon Henderson wrote: > So you feed them into a Linux box with 1, 2, ... Ethernet ports and > do the PPPoE in the Linux box, the traffic shaping and load balancing > there. > > Draytek make a reasonable modem for about 50 quid, but the going rate > appears to be from about £25 up to £100. I suspect they're more > expensive than a combined modem/router/wifi simply due to the lack of > volume sales. > > See: > > http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/default_ShopGroup.asp?ShopGroupID=1 Cheers. I'll have a look through that. > Just remember that load balancing, isn't bonding. You will not double > the speed on a single connection, but multiple users (or an > application opening multiple streams) will benefit. I'm sure you know > this, but will mention it as it's something I get asked from time to > time. You need compatable equipment at both ends of the link to do > channel bonding. Yeah, I know. I spoke to Eclipse about the possibility of moving our 2nd line over to them and doing line bonding, and the guy I spoke to didn't seem to understand what I was asking... and the guy he put me through to said they don't offer it and are unlikely to offer it in the future. So, load balancing is what we're looking at. In an office with ~35 users (all using the Internet quite heavily), load balancing still helps. :) > And when that JCB comes along and digs up the road, it's going to > take all of them out :) > > For the actual load balancing stuff, there is a good starter on the > LARTC site - start here: http://lartc.org/ > > It's been a while since I've set something like this up myself, but > looks like I might need to soon (with a 3G device as backup to main > ADSL) > > Gordon Thank Gordon. Some interesting things to read through there. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html