Router Burn-In Test

Owenskie · Oct 1, 2014

Heya fellas!

I'm technically a newbie, very interested in getting myself up to pace with network technology. I am faced with a few concerns about a current task that I'm handling.

Our ISP offers a plan to have their radio antenna along with their router to be installed in our facility. This way, internet connectivity concerns will be their concerns and we just have to do our internal stuff. Question is, do I need to conduct burn in tests for their router before allowing them to install?

Thanks,
Owenskie

smorizio · Oct 1, 2014

routers are cheap and easy to replace if bad. in your contract with the isp have the supply you with one or two spare units. if one gets damaged or goes bad you can swap it out and have the isp replace it at there leisure. one thing if your putting wifi in your building is make sure the isp tests for dead spots. every building has wifi dead spot. make sure you and the isp know where it is and that there a hard wired device for your employee in that dead zone.

kanewolf · Oct 1, 2014

I think you need to get a written proposal of everything they plan on doing. I think you need to get a schedule of fees for service (if any). I think you should request a printed signal strength map of your entire floorplan. Those things will show you exactly how the signal coverage is, what it will cost you going forward and what to expect during the installation.
I think you also need to find out if the ISP has admin privilege on the router, if you have admin privilege, or if both do. I believe you probably need to have your lawyer check the ISP privacy and security policies.

Yeah if something goes wrong you can call them, but how far do you trust them???

bill001g · Oct 1, 2014

I have never run burn in test for anything in years. Equipment is normally tested in the factory and works out of the box. Very tight manufacturing tolerances has pretty much reduced initial equipment failure to close to zero. Now on actual circuits the providers generally like to run test patterns for 24hrs to ensure everything was installed correctly but since most things are now installed over fiber I have not seen one of these not pass. On a radio it may be good to make sure it is tested for 24hrs to ensure there are no short term period of interference. In any case that type of test is normally done with some form of traffic generator plugged directly into the radios but I suppose it could be plugged into their router. All they do is send data at maximum rates in both directions and make sure the data loss is within their required limits.

In any case you should have to do nothing. It is a manged service you are not responsible for any of their hardware. I like to have read access to their on premise equipment but it will depend greatly on the provider how they allow it. Some give direct access and other give you access to their management systems that front end the equipment with some large servers so you only get indirect access to the routers.

Owenskie · Oct 3, 2014

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your answers. I checked out the contracts. Apparently, it's a managed router service along with their line so I guess the burn-in's out of the question given that they have guaranteed up time clause in the contract.

Thanks for your response.

Cheers!
Owen

kanewolf · Oct 3, 2014

Owenskie :

I would still recommend you see if they will provide a WIFI signal strength map showing that you have the coverage you need.

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