The manuals for the Firebrick are on the website, so there is some documentation. There’s also the support wiki. The manuals need a lot more work: they need example XML snippets or sometimes complete config file examples. Burrakucat goes mad about the manuals; do not set him off
If afraid I’m not following you Alex about the point about ‘standard’ and compatible with Linux kernels. Remember there’s no protocol here, it’s just a stream of ordinary IP packets distributed over n links and nothing more; it’s not like MLPPP or LACP, or multi link TCP, it’s just pure IP only and the receiving end has no way to know that there’s anything funny going on, it’s just pure, normal IP that they’re receiving. Apologies if I’m being too dim here.
Penny drops : you said ‘standard’ (adj.) ie = normal and I perhaps read that as ‘a standard’ (noun) meaning a document?
They don’t push the Firebrick solution as part of being an ISP: you can use anything you like and they have a support wiki where you can add more documentation and howtos for any kit you want. It’s just that they understand Firebricks so can directly support them and Firebrick Ltd is a joint venture of AA’s with WatchFront. So on the other hand they are a Firebrick seller and sell kit to high-end home users, corporates, resellers and ISPs. Resellers offer managed service packages I presume.
It’s the Office::1 service which is a managed solution for business. They don’t manage your Firebrick for you, they just will support you or configure it for you.
I might be going mad here, but I suspect that at the CPE end, you could just have two modems connected to two lines and connect them to a switch and then the IP packets from the two lines would just arrive in the LAN and you’d have double-speed downstream with no Firebrick at all, just no double-speed upstream. Is that right or am I going crackers?
Can you do ECMP with a Linux box acting as a router?
Take a look at the docs and see what you think. I can’t lend you one to play with as I’ve already given my FB2700 to another of our kitizens as I didn’t need three Firebricks.