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[mhcnetadmin]

Hi all,

We have this infrastructure: about 14 branches and a HQ each branch is connected to the HQ through E1, now we want to implement a backup solution through gshdsl, in each branch there is Cisco 1841, and in the HQ  there are 7204VXR and 2621MX

we decided to choose HWIC-4SHDSL but in the data sheet they are supported on 1841 but not on 7204VXR and 2621MX, what is the best way to connect those branches? is it better to put two routers in each branches for more redundancy or just depend on the same router for E1 and g.shdsl

what about the HQ what is the best router to handle 14 connections?

Thanks

[Leo Laohoo]

The HWIC-4SHDSL is supported on the ISR G1 and later.

The question I'd like to ask is what total bandwidth do you expect to push with your 7200VXR?  This chassis can support up to 1Gb of half duplex and un-encrypted traffic.  I'm not talking about per port but the entire chassis.

What speeds are you trying to push with the 2600?

[mhcnetadmin]

Thanks for your reply

I am not sure about the total bandwidth, but the traffic includes database transactions (SQL) mainly, the 7204 already handle the E1 traffic from 8 branches, and the 2600 handle the rest.Do you mean that the 7204 is not enough for such traffic?

Is it better to put a second router in each branch?

Thanks

[Leo Laohoo]

Is it better to put a second router in each branch?

Errrr ... no.  I didn't mean that. 

How am I going to say this ... The choice of what router to use depends entirely on your bandwidth you are using now or potentially going to use in the future.

It's like for an E1 you aren't going to use an 880 router, would you?

[mhcnetadmin]

I know that, the problem is they don't have such information, they only know that the traffic would be database transactions nothing else.!!

that's why I am so confused of getting the best solution?