Umm. OK. I'm not a Linksys RV-series guru or anything, but I have deployed around 10 of them for SMB clients over the last six or seven years, and I've never had a failure issue. In fairness, there are reports out there that describe user experiences which differ significantly from the ones which I have been lucky enough to enjoy, but, also in fairness, I have never exceeded the design specifications of the devices I have deployed.
RS On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Kramer, Jack <jack.kra...@ur.msu.edu>wrote: > RV series isn't bad if you don't mind them failing easily in > hotter-than-normal conditions, especially the RV042 and RV082. RV016 is a > little better at it. Their CPUs aren't the swiftest either, so their VPN > performance is somewhat lacking at times and they may have trouble keeping > up with the 50mb internet. (Stu, you're not taking advantage of the FiOS in > Clearwater are you?) > > I like the Juniper SSG and SRX series devices - the SSG-5 and SSG-20 should > be capable of handling the load-balanced connection, and the SRX can > definitely keep up but the software support on the SRX line is a little > lacking right now as the JUNOS replacement for Netscreen is progressing > slowly. > ---- > Jack Kramer > Computer Systems Specialist > University Relations, Michigan State University > w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 > > On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:11 PM, RS wrote: > > He never wrote that they are from the same company. Since 'cable' was > specified, it's likely that they would be from the same provider, unless we > happen to be talking about a very enlightened municipality. > > If you don't need or want UTM, the Linksys RV series has always been a good > SMB router/firewall. > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Jim McAtee <j...@zolx.com> wrote: > >> Two feeds from the same cable company? If so, the only way one is going >> down while the other stays up is if there's a physical break in one of the >> lines between the curb and the building, which I would think should be very >> rare. I don't think I'd bother setting up such a scheme if failover is the >> goal. And few ten person offices need a 50 Mbps internet connection, so >> load balancing two of them accomplishes very little. Better would be to set >> up the cable connection to be used all the time, and fail over to a slower >> DSL link. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu Sjouwerman" < >> s...@sunbelt-software.com> >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:27 PM >> Subject: Which router do you like best for this? >> >> >> I'm creating an office for 10 people to start with, and want a router that >> can >> take two different (50/5) cable feeds and load balance them. When one feed >> gets cut, the other feed takes over and at least we'll have access. What >> router >> do you like best for this type of use? >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
