Help with creating modem pools

[Frankenherder]

My company has a DSL line but it has gone down on occassion leaving our remote offices dependant on Citrix helpless.

can anyone recommend a modem pool solution, either an applicance, digiboard or software that I can host about 5 dial up lines as a backup for my remote users.

We are a Windows shop.

Thanks

matt

 

[pansophic]

I have used Comtrol RocketModem, which has 4 or 6 modems on a single PCI card, but if you use analog modems, you will be forced to a 33.6Kbps connection as a maximum. To get a higher speed, you need to go to a digitally attached modem emulator, like a Cisco AS53XX or an Ascend (Lucent) Pipeline.

But you may be better off just getting service from another ISP or a bustable frame-relay connection. You can get a guaranteed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with a dedicated connection like frame-relay.


pansophic