Originally posted by: kevnich2
I'm just curious if your looking for a dual WAN router. How do you currently handle the dual internet connections for your 25/2 and 15/1 cable connections? For a If you don't mind answering, what type of business do you operate out of your home?
If you need a dual WAN router, I would go with a Cisco/Linksys RV042. If you just need one WAN port, I would recommend either aBuffalo WHR-HP-54G or an Asus WL-500G Premium V2. The Asus has 2x more memory than the Buffalo unit does and thus I think can handle more connections. Both of these will take DDWRT or Tomato firmware.
If your home based business requires constant internet connections, you definitely want to look into redundant, separate ISP accounts as no one internet connection is 100% and can't be expected to be. Though, ISP's are definitely quicker on support for a business internet account than they residential (same or next day compared to several days out)
after looking at my first post, i mislead accidentally. i currently have a 1/15 setup but could go to 2/25 if i needed to, but at this point i am at 1/15 and am using 1 type of wan connection. i have looked into the dual wan routers and have thought about that idea if wan connection becomes unstable, but in the last 6yrs we have had maybe 3hrs of downtime that i am aware of that was the isp's fault - 1 issue i had was a bad cable modem and that was on me, but they still came out and checked all the connections the next day. i am hoping that i won't need to go dual wan, but that is in the back of my mind. i have contacted my isp and they claimed they do offer better support for their biz accts, but thus far my current turnaround time the 1 time they needed to come out was the next day, and again, it turned out to be my issue. i will probably be picking up another cable modem too, just in case. my main machines and entire network is on a couple decent ups, i have at least 60mins of battery time on the most important machines, and if it goes longer than that, an outage is just going to happen.
i will look into those 2 routers - have you used them personally?
as far as the biz type, my wife does consulting and since she is always on the go i have turned her laptop into kind of a dumb terminal, this way if it gets stolen, there is really no important data on it since it is all on a machine that she has to connect into back at home. will probably be setting her up w/ a netbook after i do a bit of research on them and now since they have matured - better battery life, lighter weight, etc. in her biz, image matters so a "high tech" setup illustrates she has her stuff together to non-computer people (obviously she has her stuff together or she wouldn't be successful, especially in this market, but you get what i am talking about), which are her clients - they have their specialties and she has hers and i do my best on the backend so everything goes smooth for her. i guess it is an image thing, and it works, but most importantly the data is not going to be compromised if the laptop/netbook gets stolen, which is the real reason
. when looking for a netbook for her, i need to take into acct what it looks like, which is something i never do because i am a function over aesthetics person, so i will pick out a netbook that will work or family of them and let her pick out the one that would "look" the best for the complete package.
with everything going how it has been, the ability to have the home office and the office on the go are a nice ability. just wish they made smaller laser copier/printers
, but most stuff she needs i have already made into editable pdfs, so that part is quickly going by the way side.
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