Comments on: Fiber Specs http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/ my day to day thoughts! Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:28:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bloggylife http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 Bloggylife Tue, 05 May 2009 19:05:34 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3452 Actually it's going to be a second firewall! Our main one is checkpoint and I LOVE it. Cisco will be with the basic features, no VPN, no QoS, no detection, prevention aka smartdefence, it's within our private network. As it with me these days and my bad memory, I forgot what we decided on! I'll check it out tomorrow Actually it’s going to be a second firewall! Our main one is checkpoint and I LOVE it. Cisco will be with the basic features, no VPN, no QoS, no detection, prevention aka smartdefence, it’s within our private network. As it with me these days and my bad memory, I forgot what we decided on! I’ll check it out tomorrow

]]> By: MBH http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3326 MBH Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:44:08 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3326 http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/28/funny-pictures-upgradedyur-firewall/ http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/28/funny-pictures-upgradedyur-firewall/

]]> By: MBH http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3315 MBH Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:28:02 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3315 I second Marzouq on Cisco. Their simple firewall is called Pix. ASA is too expensive and the features that they boast require licensing *each* and it's per user! If you care to share what features are you looking for in a firewall and why do you need a firewall (don't have one now?), I may be able to help. I second Marzouq on Cisco. Their simple firewall is called Pix. ASA is too expensive and the features that they boast require licensing *each* and it’s per user!

If you care to share what features are you looking for in a firewall and why do you need a firewall (don’t have one now?), I may be able to help.

]]> By: Marzouq http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 Marzouq Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:04:26 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3296 Most people use single mode, its rare to find multi-mode, and there isn't much of a reason for it. DONT GET THE CISCO FIREWALL!!! If you can go for something simpler go for it... I forgot what its called but don't get the ASA firewalls and avoid WatchGaurd firewalls, the ASA is annoying to configure with very low features for an expensive piece of equipment! Most people use single mode, its rare to find multi-mode, and there isn’t much of a reason for it.

DONT GET THE CISCO FIREWALL!!! If you can go for something simpler go for it… I forgot what its called but don’t get the ASA firewalls and avoid WatchGaurd firewalls, the ASA is annoying to configure with very low features for an expensive piece of equipment!

]]> By: Bloggylife http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 Bloggylife Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:55:13 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3204 we have E1 multiplexer where each interface can go upto 2Mbps, this is for IP telephony only. For Internet we link our fiber directly to our router. Well we haven't bought the equipment yet, still in the poking around phase. we have E1 multiplexer where each interface can go upto 2Mbps, this is for IP telephony only.

For Internet we link our fiber directly to our router.

Well we haven’t bought the equipment yet, still in the poking around phase.

]]> By: MBH http://www.bloggylife.com/2009/04/25/fiber-specs/comment-page-1/#comment-3179 MBH Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:13:38 +0000 http://www.bloggylife.com/?p=1879#comment-3179 In our old HQ, we have the fiber laid to one branch and then another fiber cable to the HQ (branch & HQ are near each other). At the HQ there's a converter from fiber to ethernet which goes to the core switch there. It's a dumb setup. In the new HQ, we have fiber cables coming from the exchange to our server room, where the cores are terminated (single mode) to a mux which is connected to a router. One data router & one Internet router. The exchange is 7km away from our building, as I remember reading from the device that the technician had (who was terminating). Which company are you dealing with? We deal with Khurafi Business Machines (KBM). In our old HQ, we have the fiber laid to one branch and then another fiber cable to the HQ (branch & HQ are near each other). At the HQ there’s a converter from fiber to ethernet which goes to the core switch there. It’s a dumb setup.

In the new HQ, we have fiber cables coming from the exchange to our server room, where the cores are terminated (single mode) to a mux which is connected to a router. One data router & one Internet router.

The exchange is 7km away from our building, as I remember reading from the device that the technician had (who was terminating).

Which company are you dealing with? We deal with Khurafi Business Machines (KBM).

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