From: stephen_hope@xyzworld.com   
      
   "S W"  wrote in message   
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   > Hi,   
   >   
   > I have a Router to Router VPN that is not too reliable. I blame the   
   > modem/router link. I'm using Zoom ADSL X4 and Linksys BEFVP41 kit at   
   > each end. Sometimes the link will stay up for weeks, but when you least   
   > expect it, it will drop, you have to restart the modems/routers, and off   
   > you go again. The users are fed up with the disruption, and so am I with   
   > having to support it.   
   > I had the broadband lines upgraded to MAX ADSL to improve things without   
   > success. There may be a problem with a fax machine on one of the lines   
   > that is disrupting the connection, although this is double filtered. So   
   > to ensure that its not a problem I have ordered a new line that will be   
   > purely for the broadband connection.   
   > Would anyone like to recommend some hardware that will be more reliable?   
   > For example, do Cisco make an all in one modem/router that would be as   
   > easy to configure as a BEFVP41?   
      
   it sounds like you are chasing the wrong issue.   
      
   given the description, you get intermittent failures in the VPN.   
      
   So - changing the underlying connections may improve the rate of   
   interruptions, but you have a separate issue in that the VPN doesnt "self   
   heal" after a fault.   
      
   FWIW i would sort the recovery after a fault problem - real networks always   
   go wrong sononer or later.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > WS   
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   stephen_hope@xyzworld.com - replace xyz with ntl   
      
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