We are finally setting up the gateway at N2MO - the plan is to use an existing Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router for AMPRnet.
After reading the config notes at: http://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Setting_up_a_gateway_on_Cisco_Routers , I had several questions
1) For the FQDN of the commercial internet connection, is there an accepted naming convention ? 2) Our 2811 ISR has both serial and Ethernet WIC (WIC-2T and HWIC-2FE). Is there any benefit to using the serial connection?
73 Martin A Flynn / W2RWJ
Ocean-Monmouth Amateur Radio Club, Inc 2300 Marconi Road Wall Township, NJ 07719 Tel: +01 732-428-7373 Email: mflynn@n2mo.org Visit us online at: www.n2mo.org
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.
- 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+
- 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
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Martin A Flynn