MadJuggla9
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I run a small town ISP (~200 users) and our closest fiber tap is nearly 16 miles away. We have backhaul links setup with decent signal but obviously there is still a loss on some speed as it goes from one area to another; Basically we pay for a 100mb connection but can only utilize ~40mb by the time we get to our town to service people.
With that being said a main expense is a managed router from ATT ($2000 a month). It has our public IP information and subnets info in there. With minimal network stats after out netequalizer went out and the inability to log into ATT's equipment I'd like to know what all is involved in say, our Cisco router vs a router we can purchase (EdgeRouter for instance.
What goes into these expensive routers that can't be done with a self purchased one? Would I be able to optain enough information from ATT to setup my own static routes and information for it to work? I get the feeling their definition of 'managed' just means they see it and say 'oh it pings, not our problem'
Anyone else run an ISP and utilize a non managed router?
Any info would be appreciated.
With that being said a main expense is a managed router from ATT ($2000 a month). It has our public IP information and subnets info in there. With minimal network stats after out netequalizer went out and the inability to log into ATT's equipment I'd like to know what all is involved in say, our Cisco router vs a router we can purchase (EdgeRouter for instance.
What goes into these expensive routers that can't be done with a self purchased one? Would I be able to optain enough information from ATT to setup my own static routes and information for it to work? I get the feeling their definition of 'managed' just means they see it and say 'oh it pings, not our problem'
Anyone else run an ISP and utilize a non managed router?
Any info would be appreciated.