Ole,
DSL does go down, but it is getting better. if you are using your local
Telco for the service then your phone line should be up 100%. When using a
modem on the same line you will be limited to 28.8k, if you want to use
33.6k you will have to use another phone line for that, and if you are going
to use a v.90 connection to the internet and then use PPTP you definitely
will have to use another phone line for backup.
That will give you 56k down, 33.6 up.
B/up dial up can be a good thing to have for the infrequent times you need
it.
As to your printing, it all depends on the printer definitions at the local
sites. You will need a printer driver local, and one wan if you want to use
the print server.
A good thing to have here is Win2000 terminal server.
Steve
"Ole Drews Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> If I get ADSL Internet access with my local telco, the DSL can run on one
of
> my existing phone lines, and by using VPN I can create a connection
between
> a branch office and the head office.
>
> If I choose to have route redundancy by using a DSL router that have the
> ability to use a modem, and then setup an additional 56Kbps modem route
with
> a higher cost, it should dial my head office in case the DSL route goes
> down.
>
> BUT, has anyone ever seen the ADSL being down but the phone line still up?
>
> Also, how often does it happen that a DSL connection is down?
>
> A third (off topic / off the subject) question:
>
> I currently have a mixed Novell NetWare 4.1 and Windows NT 4.0 network
with
> HP printers connected to the network with HP jetdirect nic's. I am
currently
> using Novell's print queues for the net print services (which is working
> very well), but I would like to use my Novell server as a boat anchor, and
I
> have not had to good experience with NT's print services, and I would like
> to be able to print directly to the printer at my branch offices, instead
of
> having the data sent over and back the WAN first. Using Windows 98
> workstations, what would be a good way of solving this problem?
>
> Thanks for any comments on this,
>
> Ole
>
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