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The LNS handles authentication (logging in using your username and password) and routing of your IP addresses to you. It handles the negotiation of the link with your equipment and establishes a session.
The LNS handles authentication (logging in using your username and password) and routing of your IP addresses to you. It handles the negotiation of the link with your equipment and establishes a session.


[[File:6000-small.png|frameless|500px|A FireBrick FB6000]]
[[File:FB9000-prototype-front.width-1280.jpg|frameless]]


==Multiple LNS links to BT, TT and mobile==
==Multiple LNS links to BT, TT, CityFibre and mobile==
We operate multiple LNSs connected to multiple links in to carriers. This is partly for redundancy (if one of the LNSs or links break) and partly for load (to handle multiple gigabits of traffic).
We operate multiple LNSs connected to multiple links in to carriers. This is partly for redundancy (if one of the LNSs or links break) and partly for load (to handle multiple gigabits of traffic).


The number of LNSs we run has grown over time with four in 2012, seven in April 2016, nine in January 2017, twelve in November 2017, 14 in September 2018...
The number of LNSs we run has grown over time with four in 2012, seven in April 2016, nine in January 2017, twelve in November 2017, 14 in September 2018, 23 in 2020! However in 2024, this number was reduced down when we upgraded from FB6000 to FB9000 hardware.

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We currently have FireBrick FB9000 LNSs and operate them as a single 'pool':
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*9 FB6000: A-I.Gormless


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We currently have a mix FireBrick FB6000 and FireBrick FB9000 LNSs and operate them as separate 'pools':
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*23 FB6000: A-W.Gormless
*3 FB9000 LNS X-Z.Witless


The LNSs named 'Witless' handle faster FTTP and G.Fast circuits, whilst the 'Gormless' LNS handle the rest, including mobile data SIMs.
The LNSs named 'Witless' handle faster FTTP and G.Fast circuits, whilst the 'Gormless' LNS handle the rest, including mobile data SIMs.
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==Choosing the Time==
==Choosing the Time==
CityFibre connections tend to get moved at 4AM.
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You can set the preferred time for the reconnect to happen to your own line(s), the default is 1AM. There is a setting on the control pages for this:

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For other connection types: You can set the preferred time for the reconnect to happen to your own line(s), the default is 1AM. There is a setting on the control pages for this:


{{CPbox|#Click on the line you want to view
{{CPbox|#Click on the line you want to view
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