Speeding up a leased line

[burny1]

Hi all,

I have a 64k leased line and would like to know if it is possible to get more "juice" out of it. I could upgrade, however leased lines are very expensive here (RSA). The cost for a local 128k leased line is $800 per month!.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,

Bernard

 

[ChrisAC]

Your 64K leased line will run at ..... 64K!! You can't make it any faster than that without upgrading the bandwidth.

Chris.


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Chris Andrew, CCNA, CCSA
chris@iproute.co.uk
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[burny1]

Hi there iproute,

I am quite aware of that . What I mean is, can i load some software to do some compression and in that way get more data over.

Thanks.

Bernard

 

[paulk29]

Bernard,
if you have Cisco Routers on either side of your 64K Line you could run compression depending on what type of Protocol you are running across the Link. If it's only a point to point link you could you "link compression". Let me know anyway.
Slán
Paul

Paul Kilcoyne B eng. CCNA

 

[burny1]

Hi paul,

It is a point to point connection. I have LG routers, however they do not do compression.
How do you do the "link compression"?
Thanks

Bernard

 

[paulk29]

Bernard,
I only know how to implement it on Cisco Routers, I'm not sure how much they would compress the data though. Here's a link to the info on Cisco's site;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk713/tk802/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a008019be75.shtml

Slán
Paul

Paul Kilcoyne B eng. CCNA

 

[burny1]

Thanks, Paul.

 

[pbxphoneman]

If you are using RIP on your WAN route it will slow things down on a 64k line (even a T1).You could try setting up some static routes in the two routers to get away from the constant RIP updates (overhead)and make the most out of your leased line. Just a thought