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Elfiq Networks and SolarWinds now technology partners

25/09/09 1:11 - JP Hebert

Elfiq Solarwinds

We're very pleased to announce that Elfiq Networks and SolarWinds are now technology alliance partners.  What this means for customers is that we will be adding the Elfiq MIBs to the SolarWinds product and will be contributing to the thwack community.

 

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The impact of a Link Balancer on handling troughput

25/09/09 12:13 - JP Hebert

elfiq carA common question we get from prospects is: how will this device impact the performance of my WAN - will this add delay or slow things down?

The answer is no.  We measured and the impact on handling packets and the overhead generated by the addition of the Elfiq Link Balancer is between 4 and 10 microseconds (or millionth of a second), which is quite negligable.

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Planning bandwidth for a potential pandemic

21/09/09 11:34 - JP Hebert

ElfiqWith AH1N1 flu virus circulating and government agencies issuing warnings and guidelines, organizations need to plan ahead in case of an outbreak and prepare their telecom infrastucture to meet an increase in usage of resources for telecommuting.   Schools already issued notices in North America to keep kids at home in case of suspected AH1N1 so did large and public sector organizations for their employees to prevent tRead More

From tabletop to 1U unit

18/09/09 3:07 - JP Hebert

For the desktop models LB-550B, LB-550E, LB-1100E Elfiq Networks includes 1U mounting adapters (at no extra cost!) so network administrators can used them in any physical setup.

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Product upgradability

18/09/09 3:02 - JP Hebert

Elfiq Networks has consolidated the entry-level products onto a single hardware platform to facilitate bandwidth growth in SMB environments.  The LB-550B and LB-550E can both be upgraded via firmware to the LB-1100E so when an organization needs to bring in more carriers or throughput, the unit is upgraded versus replaced reducing costs and complexity.

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Exposed underground telecom cables

11/09/09 8:48 - JP Hebert

We were walking to the office and saw a construction site (downtown Montreal) and had a rare opportunity to see the network of telecom cables exposed.  This is a point of failure where in these pipes most carriers deploy their infrastructure and regardless of which carrier you connect to you might have the same vulnerability point.

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Connecting multiple ISPs with only 4 ports Ethernet (how to)

01/09/09 8:44 - JP Hebert

We often get the question of how to connect 4 or more ISPs to a 4-port balancer.  Normally it does not sound possible, as one port is typically connected to the firewall and one is the unit's management port, leaving two for your ISPs.

When designing the products years ago, the issue was (and still is) that multi-port appliances are expensive as the type of platform we build on has one network controller for each port to ensure we deliver the advertised capacity.

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The new Elfiq.com!

01/09/09 12:00 - JP Hebert

Welcome to the new version of www.elfiq.com! 

We hope you find the new site content and layout to be easier to use, more practical and find answers more quickly.  We added a lot of content, knowledge, unlocked some sections and we still have more to add in the coming weeks and months.

We would love to know your thoughts on the changes we made, feel free to leave comments!

The Elfiq Networks team

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