drats that last @ should have been to Colton, my apologies... I have in past used dlink and planet dslams as they were back then dirt cheap, I guess I might have to look at a small mikrotik device that can do all my requirements, just trying to use the KISS approach, as I'm the contractor installing it and wont be the one running it on a day to day as-needed basis, thats their admissions staff who will add/delete them
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 10:19 PM Nick Edwards <nick.z.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Firstly, thanks everyone for replies. > > @Carl: ADSL2 dslams would no doubt be cheaper than VDSL for retirement > village, and as a retirement village, residents must be 65+, therefor, they > wont have high bandwidth needs, based on their other much older properties, > their residents use between 2 and 15GB a month, with an average of 5GB, so > VDSL -if not the same cost as ADSL2 dslams, would be a waste, and from my > experience ADSL2 is more stable over distances, where the furthest villas > are 800 meters away from comms room. > > As for phones, we are installing a PBXact1000, and for the villas, we will > be using a bunch of Vega 3050 50 port Analogue gateways talking to it. > These villas are stand alone duplexes, so running ethernet is not feasible > They have a PMS which takes care of billing, although if they do what do at > other places they run, residents are usually given a 30 dollar a month call > credit which is likely included in their monthly "complex maintenance" fees. > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 8:12 AM Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Carl, >> >> What did you select to replace your MX BNG? >> >> To Nick, we use Adtran Total Access 5000's today. They work fine, but if >> I was doing a new install I would do Calix with their newer lines that have >> SDN BNG functions. Calix just has better CPE to go along with it, but they >> are just G.Fast and ethernet only CPE's. >> >> Why only ADSL2+? >> >> What are you doing for voice? >> >> Do you have access to Coax cable? If so I would do a small 32x10 CMTS >> with cable modem. Much cheaper and future proof. >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 3:47 PM Carl Peterson < >> carl-li...@portnetworks.com> wrote: >> >>> I'd consider breaking down the two functions. >>> Set up your customer connections using ADSL Ethernet, etc and put each >>> unit in the building on its own CVLAN. This should never change even when >>> the subscribers in the unit change. This way you can configure it once and >>> never touch it again. I'd use Calix G.fast but I have no idea what your >>> budget/wiring looks like and I'm not sure where their e3-48 and E5-48 are >>> in general availability. >>> >>> Then hand the SVLAN with all the CVLANs off to the BNG and authenticate >>> the circuits using IPoE. Waystream has an ASR6000 switch with BNG >>> functionalities (I've never used it, just came across it when looking for >>> other options to replace my MX BNG. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 1:15 PM Nick Edwards <nick.z.edwa...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Howdy, >>>> We have a requirement for an aged care facility to provide voice and >>>> data, we have the voice worked out, but data, WiFi is out of the question, >>>> so are looking for IP-Dslams, preferably a system that is all-in-one, or >>>> self contained, as in contains its own BBRAS/LNS/PPP server/Radius, such as >>>> has a property managment API, or even just a webpage manager where admin >>>> can add in new residents when they arive, or delete when they depart I know >>>> these used to be available many years ago, but that vendor has like many >>>> vanished, only requirement is for ADSL2+, prefer units with either 48 ports >>>> or multiples of (192 etc) and have filtered voice out ports (telco50/rj21 >>>> etc) >>>> >>>> If anyone knows of such units, would appreciate some details on them, >>>> brand/model suppliers if known, etc, we can try get out google fu back if >>>> we have some steering:) >>>> >>>> Thank Y'all >>>> >>>> (resent - original never made it to the list for some gremlin reason) >>>> >>>