Q: The application is up to 100 simultaneous Internet connections. There are no other networks, file sharing, etc. . simply access the Internet. The goal is to provide a stable, consistent, fair access for all users.
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QoS settings by application for Skpye, Bittorrent, P2P, etc. Firewall to filter P2P, etc. Port blocking
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Can I usually see the QoS performance of VoIP and the like to improve. How does the performance throttle?
How would you set this up – the budget is not a major concern
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Re:Thanks for the responses…
This is my first stab at something of this magnitude. When I walked into this thing there was 1 DSL line serving the whole building with speeds barely at 3 down and 512 up.
We've replaced that with 2 separate cable connections at 6 down and 1 up (they both get 6 down and 1 up) and the next item in line is the router.
The WRT54G and BEFSR81 require constant resets so its obvious those have to go. These go into 24 port Linksys managed switches. I think we're OK on the switches but the routers don't seem to be cutting it as they require daily resets.
So now I'm trying to sort throught the differences between a $59, $500, and $3000 piece of equipment to replace the routers.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Your solution would be, get five Internet accounts, and five Routers. Put 20 computers on each, and bridge the LAN if it necessary to create a bigger LAN.
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Re:Router vs. Traffic Manager vs Firewall
There is Vs. here each term represent a different function and has its own roll. It is the decision of the manafactuere if and how they implement these capacities in combo hadware or software.
The elaborate flexible implemantation of thses capacities are done well in Profesional Hardware (Cisco and the like).
Entry Level hardware might have parts of these capacities implemanted for lower loads.
100 connections is not qualified to be called lower loads.
Your solution would be, get five Internet accounts, and five Routers. Put 20 computers on each, and bridge the LAN if it necessary to create a bigger LAN.
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Re:QoS is only effective on your LAN if every single device supports it. If you are daisy-chaining routers, say to different parts of a building, and all of the devices don't support it, then QoS is useless.
And definately don't go consumer, you might not need Cisco but get something like a Sonicwall or Watchguard.
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Re:if this really is for a business and budget isnt a huge concern, i wouldnt be considering a soho device with 3rd party firmware.
can you briefly describe your setup? what type of connection…cable, dsl, t1, etc. is this device going to need to provide dhcp and nat as well?
a QoS policy map can definately improve VoIP performance, as well as throttle/guarantee bandwidth for certain traffic/applications.
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