[NCLUG] Network configuration

[mike cullerton]

on 10/28/00 2:10 AM, dobbster at dobbster at frii.com wrote:

> I am having second thoughts about using my DSL line for our production
> servers...  I was down for several hours last night, so I am questioning
> the reliability.  However, it still seems a firewall would be a good
> idea.

   all isp's have down time. what you really need to think about is a second
connection if you are going to run production servers. that way you can
route around problems with your upstreams.

   your dsl outage was actually planned. frii has built a (real nice) new
area for their servers and networking equipment that will also server as a
colocation facility. friday morning they moved some of their equipment.
there is a list that frii customers can subsribe to that announces these
planned outages. friday morning (something like 3-6) is their regularly
scheduled maintenance window.

 -- mike cullerton