[Koha] running server over dsl adsl etc etc

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

OK here is what we have

Commercial account since we have business lines to the museum.

256 uplink and  I think 512 down link which means the  person coming into the 
catalog gets 256.... This we may want to up.

already  have them as a provider for Internet services 

(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!)

still have to lease static ip's unless we wanted to go with the dynamic ip 
server (which we don't)

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC


> Subj: [Koha] running server over dsl adsl etc etc
> Date: 6/21/2002 6:05:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:    am12 at bolis.com (Alan Millar)
> To:    koha at lists.katipo.co.nz, COURYHOUSE at aol.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > What experiences have users out there had running  their server over 
> dsl/ads=
> > l=20
> >  qwest says I can do  this on the commercial offering of a dsl account 
> and=20
> > lease IP addresses... are there any glitches? Pitfalls? etc etc...
> > 
> > Would like to hear what others may have experienced=E2=80=A6
> 
> I'm running Koha for my home library with a DSL line.  It is simply another
> web application; there is no difference between Koha and any other use
> of a DSL line for web serving.
> 
> QWest is giving you standard sales pitch.  You DON'T need a commercial
> account or 20 IP addresses for Koha or web serving as such.  You determine 
> those
> things by what else you want to do with the DSL line.   It may (or may not) 
> be 
> that the best package happens to include those also, but they aren't needed
> for Koha.
> 
> Presumably we're discussing DSL at all because you want to offer your
> card catalog over the internet to others.  The main DSL issue for 
> web serving and therefore Koha will be *outbound* bandwidth.  DSL,
> which usually means ADSL, is not symmetrical.  You usually get much more
> bandwidth incoming than outgoing.  This is great for your web surfing but
> not for serving.  Make sure any DSL line specs include both directions.
> For example, if they tell you it is a 256kbps line speed, that's probably
> incoming, and the outgoing will likely be much smaller.  Watch for
> that.
> 
> DSL service is really made up of two halves to the equation: (1) the DSL
> line itself, which is just carrying dumb packets, and (2) Internet
> service over that line.  In the US, you do *not* have to get your
> Internet service from the phone company that provides the DSL line
> itself.  Qwest wants you to get both from them, and may even tell you
> that's the only choice.  Don't believe them, and shop around for
> an alternate reputable ISP before just believing Qwest's sales
> pitch.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> - Alan
> 
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> Alan Millar     --==> am12 at bolis.com <==--
> 


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