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router and swith types for ISP

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by musebasa

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This is my project. If I was to setup an ISP that could handle between20,000-2000,000 thousend DSL subscribers in the next 5 yrs. I would rent a rack at the telephone company and open an ISP office at a diffrent location. Here goes my question. Whatkind of routers and switchs do I need to set up at the rented space at the telephone company and at my ISP office. The lines from the local telephone company to the ISP and then to the internet will be fiber optics. Can anyone tell me the equipmentsand models at both locations.
Thanks.

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by mshavrov

Actually it mostly depends on your budget and what vendor are you going to bind yourself with. Here are two players - Cisco and Nortel. I know there are a few another vendors, and you may get lower price on equipment, but you should consider vendorssupport first, especially if you have long-term plans.

In case of Cisco you may go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns110/ns10/ns11/ns55/networking_solutions_package.html

For Nortel solution basics you may check:

http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/library/collateral/87004.22-03-00.pdf
or
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/library/collateral/87006.16-02-00.pdf

It's almost all for start. After you will choose a hardware vendor, go deeper in theirwhite papers and documentation, how to integrate this with existing PBX equipment.

Good luck.

by wroming

Well I have tried several different vendors and my opinion is that Cisco is the best for services and support. Now for the addressing you would need a single class a or multiple class B's to handle up to 200,000 users. Depending on all you want to do I would suggest that you contact Cisco to do an analysis of what you are wanting to do which is free of charge. Because depending on your budget depends on what type of switches you want to use. But, you also would want a VPN3000 which would enableyou and your employees to VPN to the network to troubleshoot and/or to work from the home. That away you would not need any hardware at the remote offices to connect back to the main office. Just a high speed connection such as Cable or DSL and put a software client on the machine for VPN capability into your network. That will cut down on the cost. Also if you are concerned about security a PIX and IDS are also somthing that you would want to look at. If you have any other questions please feel free to email me. One last note, cisco does not sell direct unless you become a reseller. So your best bet is to find a good reseller to give you a nice discount because the amount of equipment you are going to be purchasing it would be good to ask. Also Cisco right now is running a special that is allowing there resellers to sell at there cost which is a very HUGE Discount. So this would be a great time to look into it. You can email me at wroming@ci.killeen.tx.us and have a great day.

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