[plug] [OT] bur.st unreachable

[Ben Jensz]

When we first got our ADSL connected, we had some issues with the 
connection type we got.  There were (and I don't know whether there is 
still) two types of bridged ADSL connection (this is layer3).  The 
initial one our line was connected as didn't work, but of course we 
couldn't 100% prove that Telstra hadn't done it right, we were using a 
Cisco 827H and had the ear of Cisco who said it really didn't look like 
the line had been done properly either (we were receiving packets from 
weird pvc values).  When the line got reconfigured to the other type of 
bridged (what we are on now), the line sync disappeared for maybe half 
an hour when they did the actual change.  It shouldn't be any more time 
than doing a line speed change really.

There is one disavantage with bridged, but might not really be a factor 
for a business (it isn't for us), but with WestNet you lose the ability 
to be shaped being on bridged.


/ Ben


Craig Ringer wrote:

>
> My only concern is that last time I looked at this, Telstra quoted up 
> to three weeks of downtime to make the change. *shudder*.
>
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