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23JMZ07

23JMZ07

23JMZ07

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Evening All,

Currently we have 3x DSL lines coming in each with a BT Business Hub 3 running 3 different internal networks.

Due to multiple reasons we are moving to a Draytek 3200 to allow us to load-balance and use the redundancy of the 3 lines along with many other features that the Draytek allows.

My only concern now is being able to use the Business hub 3's as pure DSL modems and handle the encapsulation on the Draytek. There seems to be some conflicting info around as to whether the BH3 is capable of this and we are trying to nail down all of the variables before doing the switchover to minimise supprises and downtime.

Does anyone have experience with the BH3 being a "transparent" modem or is the Draytek 120 the best solution??

Edit: The lines are ADSL not Fibre so we need to be able to bridge PPPoA to PPPoE for the router to handle the encap.

Cheers
 
Excellent, thanks for your input.

The other reason for the 120 was that it is relatively cheap and small. If I can find a cheap router which has a faultless bridge mode that will be great.
 
I am still leaning towards the v120's as Draytek is a brand ive always had a lot of time for. My only concern is there are a few people suggesting it is not a great modem for long lines (we are around 1.4km from the exchange as the crow flies). Also seen some complains of premature failiures.

Also at 50 quid each for just a modem they are expensive. I need to find a company with a batch of them being binned!!

Edit - The 130 allows line stats to be monitored through the router too. At ~£75 each though that is excessive.
 
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