Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:06:47 +1000 From: Andrew Khoo - ArkSoft Systems <arksoft@geko.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Peter Stubbs" <PETERS@staidan.qld.edu.au> Subject: Re: load balancing ppp Message-ID: <199510130406.OAA27072@zonk.geko.com.au>
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At 08:23 13/10/95 -1000, Peter Stubbs wrote: >I am running 2.0.5R on a DX4 100 APTIVA with 16mb as a httpd proxy >server & ip gateway in a school. Our connection to the net is across >a ppp line on a netcom M11F. At the moment only staff have access to >the net, so load levels are OK. Next year we will allow student >access so there will be a potential for about 100 concurrent users. >If I just add another ppp interface & modem to our ISP will freebsd >perform some sort of load balancing between the two? I know that >this won't be enough for 100 net-mad school kids, but it would be >better! You should be talking to your ISP about using as Ascend Pipeline 50 over ISDN or something similar (read low-cost). You should be able to get an Ascend Pipeline for approximately A$2,500. >Does anyone have any other options? ISDN is VERY expensive here in >Australia, thousands of dollars per month, and more than we can >afford. Not really if you start doing the figures. The current cost for a BRI installation by Telstra is A$360 and the annual "line rental" cost is A$912. If both you and your ISP fall within zone 1 of the ISDN tariffing (i.e. within 25km of each other I think) the cost of a semi-permanent connection (virtually 64K fulltime) is approximately A$2,150 per year. IMHO infinitely better than using a M11F :) I don't work for Telstra :). I just quote these figures to my clients on a near daily basis <grin>.
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