<html><head></head><body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Just wanted to give a warm thanks to everyone who has mailed me off-list. I received a lot of feedback and a lot of advice as to what is out there.</div><div><br></div><div>I just want to say that all of your advice has been taken into consideration, some of which I may not use for this project but might be helpful in later endeavours.</div><div><br></div><div>I've taken all of your names and contact numbers down and added them to my little list ;)</div><div><br></div><div>For this client I will be going with Vigor 2820n and an Exetel 3G USB dongle.</div><div><br></div><div>A lot of you have mentioned the use of Cisco 1841 w/ 2x HWIC-1ADSL-M in order to effectively bond the interfaces together. Great idea but not quite what we are after but they are slightly outside of our price range and mostly overkill for what we want.</div><div><br></div><div>As you all mentioned, going down the 3G path is the most logical if you want to ensure maximum uptime which is why I've chosen to go with Exetel. From what I understand they use Optus Backbone.</div><div><br></div><div>Some have also mentioned the use of load-balancing, the number of staff in the office and their average usage doesn't require the need for load balancing at this point which is why I will not be doing this for now.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>@Kev Harm – I will be in touch with you mate when I can get a chance. Likely after new years. Your offsite backup is interesting and I would like to speak to you about it once I refine my proposal to the management.</div><div>I've written down your number and will be in touch.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks once again to everyone! Great to have such an awesome community.</div><div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><br></span><table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><tbody><tr><td><p class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Andrew Oskam<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">E <a href="mailto:percy@th3interw3bs.net">percy@th3interw3bs.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><br></span><p class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">NOTICE:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: grey; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">These comments are my own personal opinions only and do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of my employer or their affiliates. All comments are based upon my current knowledge and my own personal experiences. You should conduct independent tests to verify the validity of any statements made in this email before basing any decisions upon those statements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><br></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Andrew L Oskam <<a href="mailto:percy@th3interw3bs.net">percy@th3interw3bs.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:59:53 +1000<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [AusNOG] Fail-over DSL Question<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div>Hi Noggers,</div><div> </div><div>I’ve never actually delved into fail-over redundancy services before and
wanted to ask the experts for their input/experiences.</div><div> </div><div>My client has a 2+ Telstra ADSL Tail and is concerned about having downtime
and as such wants to do everything possible to prevent loss of money and
service.</div><div> </div><div>They also have an Aristel Digital Control Unit for routing calls across 3x
PSTN lines. There are 2 other lines for which 1 is for their fax and the other
for ADSL.</div><div> </div><div>I’d like to know what kind of work and hardware is required to get a
fail-over DSL service. Any hardware recommendations is most appreciated.</div><div> </div><div>I have been considering using their fax line (which is on a separate line
already) as the fail-over line and just throwing on a low-cost plan on there
with a different ISP.</div><div> </div><div>Suggestions anyone?</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>On a slightly separate note, my client is also considering moving their
“in-house” file-server over to a VM and are looking for a data-center that can
offer hosting (Brisbane Preferred).</div><div> </div><div>If you have anything to offer or know any companies please contact me
off-list.</div><div> </div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div><table style="COLOR: #000000" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="650">
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comments are my own personal opinions only and do not necessarily reflect the
positions or opinions of my employer or their affiliates. All comments are based
upon my current knowledge and my own personal experiences. You should conduct
independent tests to verify the validity of any statements made in this email
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