Two DSL for more performance?

[LHumberto]

Hi Folks,

I kind of new to this, so I beg for patience if my ideas are completelly flawed from the inception .

Here is the scenario:

- Five clients using the same ADSL line to remote access files server and application server from a different office.
- Performance is sluggish
- Is there a way to increase the performance of this setup by adding a second ADSL line?
- If that is possible how the load balance would be handled? By a specific DSL router (one with multi input line capability, i'm not talking about a CISCO or anything that complex or expensive) or would I have to have two independent routers connected to a server with two cards with a load balance configuration (does this work at all?)

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.


LH

Luciano R. Humberto :]
Systems Engineer

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[jimbopalmer]

1) Dual WAN routers exist, usually under $500

http://www.xincom.com/

http://www.edimax.com/

http://www.hawkingtech.com/prodList.php?FamID=44

etc.

2) a single, faster, DSL circuit would outperform a Dual WAN.

3) if you do Dual WAN, consider making one a Cable Modem, so not all the service will go out at once in disasters.

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[LHumberto]

Thx, Jim.

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[computerhighguy]

your problem probably lies more in the type od DSL you are using. Your upstream is slow and your downstream is faster. You are trying to use a residential product to solve a business issue.

You should really have an SDSL connection with similiar upstream and downstream issues.

What the current specs of your ADSL connection?

Perhaps you should look into a screen scraper connection for these clients (Terminal Services or Citrix) to minimize the bandwidth usage.


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[computerhighguy]

If SDSL is not an option, go to the DSL FAQ on dslreports.com to try and optimize your connection.


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[LHumberto]

computerhighguy,


Thanks. They are going to try SDSL. I'll check the dslreports.com site anyway.

Thx again.



Luciano R. Humberto :]
Systems Engineer

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