[AusNOG] DSLAM for apartment complex

[Richard.Mckenna at bankwest.com.au]

Hi NOG,

I live in an apartment complex and was thinking of setting up some 
internet connection sharing / file sharing with other apartments in the 
complex. 
I took a look at the MDF, and it looks like there is 2x10 pair to each 
block of aparts (4-6), with a 10 pair for phone, and a 10 for 
intercom/alarm/remote gate. 
I was thinking of taking 2 pair and running pure ethernet, but that would 
require running some extra cabling to each apart, which would be a hassle. 

Instead I was thinking of setting up a DSLAM in the MDF and running A or 
VDSL. This could run on pair 2 of each apartment's RJ11 phone socket. 
I could then attach a router to the DSLAM uplink and run bonded dsl for 
the internet connection.
I was thinking no PPP/Radius initially, perhaps running in bridged mode. 

Does anyone have any experience with this? Can anyone recommend  a some 
small scale (read cheap) DSLAMs for 24 or less DSL lines?
Preferably I would like routing smarts integrated, but it is not 
essential. 


cheers, 

Richard McKenna
Network Engineer, IT Infrastructure

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