6 Mar
2016
6 Mar
'16
12:14 p.m.
Hello Martin,
We are finally setting up the gateway at N2MO - the
plan is to use an
existing Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router for AMPRnet.
Ok.. that will work though pretty serious overkill.
1) For the FQDN of the commercial internet connection,
is there an
accepted naming convention ?
No.. DNS is entirely up to you though I recommend you make sure you have
proper forward and reverse DNS setup. There are several free DNS check
tools to try once you have it
setup:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=DNS+check+
2) Our 2811 ISR has both serial and Ethernet WIC
(WIC-2T and
HWIC-2FE). Is there any benefit to using the serial connection?
That all depends on your connectivity. Router serial ports are usually
intended for connections to external CSU/DSUs for T1/E1 (1.5 or 2.0Mbps)
WAN links. In almost all respects, these TDM links are obsolete in
favor of VHDSL (dedicated cards to be installed in your router) or more
often now, Ethernet. Ethernet now generally used as a WAN handoff from
the carrier.
--David
KI6ZHD