Fw: Re: [OT] bonding multiple ADSL lines?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought the firebrick was load balancing - which is not the same as
line
bonding.

load balancing is 2 x IP's , line bonding equals one IP

G.

Gareth Cook
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Thanks everyone!!!

Just had a look at the firebrick - looks really good. They mention that
"BT have recently introduced source IP address filtering on some
IPStream
ADSL connections" that can prevent upstream bonding. Anyone know what
ISP's might have a problem?

So, if I want 4 x lines - I'd need to have another 3 lines installed and
setup 3 new (or 4 new) accounts (cheap services?). Am I right in saying
the costs would be:

3 x Installation costs for new lines
3 x monthly rentals
3 x ISP monthly rentals
1 x firebrick with bonding option
Anything else?

Any ideas on rough costs per month?

Would I also need to use the same ISP's or can I use a couple (to provide
a bit of extra resilience?

Many thanks,

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
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> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] bonding multiple ADSL lines?
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Nick Shore <nick.shore@...> wrote:
> > For ADSL we always recommend Andrews & Arnold, and they can
bond
> > downlink too, with no hardware involved.
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> I used to think they were great... first class product, fair price,
> fantastic no-bs tech support. Then they introduced silly bandwidth
> caps on signups for new products, which coincided with my moving
> house. I tried reasoning with them - they told me that they were just
> passing on the caps imposed by BT Wholesale. Irrespective of the
> politics, other providers in the market still manage to deliver
> uncapped services, so I went elsewhere for the piece of mind of a
> fixed-price monthly fee.
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