<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>OK here is what we have
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<BR>Commercial account since we have business lines to the museum.
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<BR>256 uplink and I think 512 down link which means the person coming into the catalog gets 256.... This we may want to up.
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<BR>already have them as a provider for Internet services
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<BR>(If it works I tend to stay with once source for everything, thus you have only one phone number to holler at when the thing breaks!)
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<BR>still have to lease static ip's unless we wanted to go with the dynamic ip server (which we don't)
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<BR>Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj: <B>[Koha] running server over dsl adsl etc etc</B>
<BR>Date: 6/21/2002 6:05:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time
<BR><I>From: am12@bolis.com (Alan Millar)
<BR>To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz, COURYHOUSE@aol.com
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<BR>> What experiences have users out there had running their server over dsl/ads=
<BR>> l=20
<BR>> qwest says I can do this on the commercial offering of a dsl account and=20
<BR>> lease IP addresses... are there any glitches? Pitfalls? etc etc...
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<BR>> Would like to hear what others may have experienced=E2=80=A6
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<BR>I'm running Koha for my home library with a DSL line. It is simply another
<BR>web application; there is no difference between Koha and any other use
<BR>of a DSL line for web serving.
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<BR>QWest is giving you standard sales pitch. You DON'T need a commercial
<BR>account or 20 IP addresses for Koha or web serving as such. You determine those
<BR>things by what else you want to do with the DSL line. It may (or may not) be
<BR>that the best package happens to include those also, but they aren't needed
<BR>for Koha.
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<BR>Presumably we're discussing DSL at all because you want to offer your
<BR>card catalog over the internet to others. The main DSL issue for
<BR>web serving and therefore Koha will be *outbound* bandwidth. DSL,
<BR>which usually means ADSL, is not symmetrical. You usually get much more
<BR>bandwidth incoming than outgoing. This is great for your web surfing but
<BR>not for serving. Make sure any DSL line specs include both directions.
<BR>For example, if they tell you it is a 256kbps line speed, that's probably
<BR>incoming, and the outgoing will likely be much smaller. Watch for
<BR>that.
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<BR>DSL service is really made up of two halves to the equation: (1) the DSL
<BR>line itself, which is just carrying dumb packets, and (2) Internet
<BR>service over that line. In the US, you do *not* have to get your
<BR>Internet service from the phone company that provides the DSL line
<BR>itself. Qwest wants you to get both from them, and may even tell you
<BR>that's the only choice. Don't believe them, and shop around for
<BR>an alternate reputable ISP before just believing Qwest's sales
<BR>pitch.
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<BR>Good luck!
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<BR>- Alan
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<BR>Alan Millar --==> am12@bolis.com <==--
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