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Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line is a layer 1 networking protocol, typically used for last mile Internet access. It utilises standard telephone cabling and coexists with analogue telephones. An ADSL modem at the customer premises communicates with the DSLAM at the local exchange. ATM is usually used as the layer 2 protocol, with PPPoE or PPPoA used for authentication.

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What DNS servers to use with multiple connections

I have a complex configuration of multiple ADSL connections from multiple ISPs being load balanced by a Draytek Vigor 3300V+ My question is what DNS settings should I use. Should I use the ISP setting for connection A or the ISP settings for…
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How can I team or balance two DSL connections?

Possible Duplicate: Is there a sensible way of ‘teaming’ two ADSL connections? WARNING: I am NOT a networking professional (obviously, see below) but I am a programmer and have a decent understanding of how the bits get moved. Is it possible to…
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What is the point of PPPoE?

I am trying to expand my knowledge of networking beyond the basics. I have started reading about PPP, and how it is used in DSL modems with PPPoE and PPPoA. My first impression of PPP was "well that seems pretty similar to Ethernet". They are both…
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Is it possible to use two ADSL cables together, jointed?

I have two different ADSL lines, and I'd like to use them together in order to get double speed and bandwith. Is it possible? Is it something a software or hardware? How can I do it? Thanks.
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Device to manage 2 dsl connections - failover, load balancing and bonding

I'm setting up an offsite DR facility on a budget. The office has 2 ADSL lines coming in to identical router/modem devices. I'm looking for a cost effective (cheap) way of joining the two connections so that the network only sees one link to the…
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Can I put wireless activity on a separate network on the one router?

We have a foreign delegation coming in next week. Some of them will be IT-savvy. We don't want them wandering through our network. We have a wired network and a wireless network both going through the one ADSL router. Can I set up the wireless user…
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Is there a sensible way of 'teaming' two ADSL connections?

I work in an office complex that has two seperate ADSL connections, which they use to provide two seperate networks (actually both the ADSL routers go into a Cisco managed switch with two VLANs, one for each ADSL connection). Circumstances have…
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Components needed for a VPN

first of all, I asked this question on SuperUser.com, but no one there could help me. Well, we eventually got our Mac Mini Server. We now want to set up a small Remote Access VPN using this Mac Mini Server. Firstly we are not sure of the components…
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Poor upload/download speed on 2 x ADSL lines into a Cisco 2621XM

Sorry never been on this site before so I apologise if not the right section or even forum. I have users complaining of very slow internetn connectivity on site and have checked with our ISP who have said that the line is testing at 8mb. We have 2 x…
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Use 1 Linux box with 2 NICs to dial-up to 2 separate ADSL dial-up accounts?

I'm planning to build a Linux box with 2 virtual instances of Windows 2003 server (VPS#1 & VPS#2). I want each Win2003 instance to access its own ADSL dialup account and have its own public IP and bandwidth. Is it possible to use 1 Linux box with 2…
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Trouble setting up a DD-WRT router with a DSL gateway

Our office is fairly small. We previously had a 2wire gateway that came when we ordered our DSL connection. I recently decided to upgrade to a router that could support DD-WRT since the 2wire was very lacking in features. I purchased a new router…
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Disable routing between ports in ADSL router

Does anyone know an ADSL router that allows to disable routing between switch ports? For example: - part of network connected to port 1 on router can access the Internet but cannot see the part of network connected to port 2 on router - the same for…
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Bind WAN to TD-W8960N

I have a TD-W8960N DSL modem. It is possible to have multiple WAN services on the device as in Both of them are doing great as in Diagnostic How is it possible to bind two different computer to each of them ? (The result should gave two different…
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Linksys WRT160NL & ADSL modem/router - WAN port

I have a router/modem at ip 192.168.1.254. I also have a linksys router connected to the modem through the LAN port. So right now I have this: 192.168.1.254 <----> 192.168.1.1 <----> PCs (192.168.1.2,etc) The problem is, I have to assign a fixed ip…
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How to choose VDSL firmware on a Cisco 887VA router?

On Cisco ADSL routers, there is a wide choice of modem firmware releases available, as well as IOS releases; each IOS release comes with its built-in modem firmware, but you can override it with a custom (and possibly more recent/stable/performant)…
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