[asterisk-users] CISCO 2950 -> 4 connections -> Cap of 512 Kbps -> How to bond ?

[Alex Balashov]

Oh--you mentioned in an earlier post that the Cisco switch was installed by
the ISP, so presumably that is something they consider their CPE as well.

You can't rate-limit IP bandwidth on Layer 2 switches, and a Catalyst 2950
does not have a Layer 3 feature set;  that only comes with MSFCs on
higher-order Catalysts.  So, they are doing in some fashion other than on
the switch ports, which is why I asked about the routed interfaces;  does
anything plugged into a given port have a separate routed interface?

-- Alex


On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:17:37 -0500, Alex Balashov
<abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
> 
> This discussion is not making any sense to me.
> 
> Just what type of access product is this?
> 
> If you have fiber to the premise and are handed Ethernet from there to a
> Cisco switch, it is some sort of Metro Ethernet or NMLI (Native Mode LAN
> Interconnection) type product.  It could also be framed over mid-band
gear
> over copper at some point in the circuit design and they could be fibbing
> you on the fiber to the premise bit;  the "fiber" involved may actually
be
> a remote terminal or mux somewhere in the vicinity.  Either way, if you
> have media converter CPE on your premises, this is an Ethernet product.
> 
> If that's so, there's no "512 kbps line."  There is no xDSL.  And there
is
> no incentive whatsoever to sell copper circuits as Ethernet transport is
> usually more expensive and high-margin product.
> 
> Do you have a routed IP interface on your side?  If so, what equipment is
> it on?  It's not the switch, as the switch is Layer 2.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:09:03 +0100, Benny Amorsen
> <benny+usenet at amorsen.dk>
> wrote:
>> Vikas <topgun9 at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The ISP said that they ran a fiber optic wire to a media box at our
>>> office and from there there is a RJ45 to the switch. They bring no new
>>> equipment to our premises each time we provison a new port. Hence this
>>> upload speed limitation is not due to the copper wire.
>>
>> So the ISP is being deliberately difficult. I am assuming that their
>> motivation is that they want to sell E1's instead of the 512kbps
>> lines.
>>
>> You can fight your ISP by installing various multiplexing equipment,
>> but it's an arms race, and they will probably win it -- losing you as
>> a customer obviously doesn't worry them, while you're apparently
>> willing to go to great lengths to stay with them.
>>
>> I would recomment just switching to E1 (preferably with a different
>> provider). It's that or moving HQ to somewhere sane.
>>
>>
>> /Benny
>>
>>
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