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HA w/DSL switch or hub?

Currently, I'm using a Linksys Router between my ASL machines (HA arrangement) and the internet, it does my PPPoE connection maintenance. I want to switch to using ASL to do the PPPoE connection. I know how to chnage the connection timeout/reconnect time and have heard no bad things about the PPPoE connectivity.
BUT! What do I use between my ASL machines and the DSL modem? A hub or a switch? Are there any ARP table considerations or anything?

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0 William Warren over 20 years ago

i would use a switch..nothing else should be affected.
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0 William Warren over 20 years ago

i would use a switch..nothing else should be affected.
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0 Gert Hansen over 20 years ago in reply to William Warren

Hi Jim M.,

you can use both devices,
this does not matter.

I use a switch to do so, but a hub works just as well.

best regards,
Gert
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0 BarryG over 20 years ago in reply to Gert Hansen

Some modems will not allow you to change MAC addresses without power-cycling the modem first.

Try it.

If it doesn't work, can you set both machines to use the same MAC address??

Barry
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0 JimmyM over 20 years ago in reply to BarryG

That's a good thought. I think I'm OK though. During testing of my Snort/MySQL package I had to reboot and allow HA takeovers a LOT. The HA box always took over without problems. I'm using a Netgear hub I used to use for snort traffic monitoring.
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