I am surprised because I am quite inclined towards option 2. Haha. Regarding Sangoma solution, what Linux kernel version they are supported on ? I would need 2.4.20 or there about. Rgds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin A. Brown" <mabrown-lartc@securepipe.com> To: "Ming-Ching Tiew" <mctiew@yahoo.com> Cc: <lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [LARTC] Bandwidth control using Linux or other router > Hello all, > > : 1. Purchase a router which has some form of bandwidth management - this > : would be expensive, rite ? > > You have to decide what is expensive for you. Time, money, expertise, > control, or not having a software/networking vendor to vilify. > > : 2. Purchase a low end router with 1 lan 1 wan, and connects a dual LAN > : linux before it. Will this additional hop slow down anything? > > Yes. But maybe not significantly enough to be a problem...depends on your > pipe and usage on that pipe. Remember, it's ideal to perform traffic > control on the bottleneck itself. Regardless, I'd suggest option 3 or > option 1, depending on your answer to your own question in 1. > > : 3. Purchase a supported T1/E1 interface cards and plug it into the > : Linux box. > > I recommend the Sangoma WAN cards. I've been using them for at least 3 > years under linux, and they are well supported by Sangoma and the linux > community (you'll see the driver in the distribution). > > http://www.sangoma.com/ > > I've had exactly one problem with the wanpipe/wanrouter software, and it > had already been identified and fixed by the time I had filed the bug > report with Sangoma. > > : This could be a problem for me because of support issues. What if it > : does not properly? What if there are problems with the card or the > : drivers ? > > You won't have problems with support for Sangoma's cards in the kernel nor > technical support from Sangoma. >
