[BC] Two input router?

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Load sharing does not work. It freaks the server out on the other end seeing
two different IP addresses seeking the same information. What does work is
load balancing, where you can set the speeds of the two connections and the
load will be split in that way. This way, user 1 will be going out the DSL
connection, while user 2 goes out the cable one.

What I used to do was use a cable connection and a DSL with two static IP
addresses. The DSL, though slow (1270/325 measured) was completely reliable. I
used one IP address for my VOIP and the other went to input 2 of the hawking
dual WAN router. The Adelphia cable connection (faster, but less reliable)
went to input 1 of the router. I had the router set to fall over to the DSL if
the cable went out. The Hawking was used for all my web browsing, etc.  Most
dual WAN routers work by pinging a certain site you specify every minute of
so. If there's no reply, the router assumes the connection is down and selects
the other one (while still pinging the original).  When the pings return, it
goes back to normal. Some DSL routers have this ping setting hard wired to a
site (usually one of the manufacturer's), and the option tomset your own site
isn't there. I use www.yahoo.com for my ping site.

These days, I do a similar thing as then, though since the DSL is dynamic, I
use a second router on the DSL which goes to the VOIP and a second output of
this second router goes to the Hawking's WAN 2 input. I also had to set the
DSL's IP range to 192.168.2.XXX insteed of .1.XXX, bescuse the Hawking uses
192.168.1.XXX for it's IP address range.

    

------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:54:56 PM PDT
From: "Ron Cole" <rondcole at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Two input router?

A good router should have a Load Sharing function that will alloy you to
use  two ISP connections.   While you will not get and increase in speed any
faster than the fastest of the two links the system will not load down as
easily with multiple Lan users accessing the Internet.

Ron Cole


On 6/7/06, Chris Gebhardt <chris at virtbiz.com> wrote:
>
> Art Reed wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Several months ago there was some discussion about a computer router /
> > switch that could accept two different inputs.  I have a situation where
> I
> > would like to use two different ISP's (one wired, one wireless) in a
> > combined mode, such that when both services are up, the router would
> serve
> > up shared bandwidth, and if one service failed, the router would
> continue to
> > deliver the other, in sort of an automatic fail-over arrangement.
> >
> > I can't remember the unit that was discussed, but it was ~$400.00.  I
> don't
> > need lots of outputs, 4 would be plenty.
>
> Hi Art,
>
> You have already gotten some input on the devices to look at.
>
> Speaking more generally, any such device will do a fine job of providing
> failover for you.  However, the combining (bonding) of circuits can be a
> tricky prospect.   Trickier still if you are bonding 2 disparate
> connections, since you will have different routing and latency at the
> ISP end.
>
> If it's simply more bandwidth you require, look into larger or bonded
> circuits directly from the ISP of your choice.
>
> But if you're just looking for redundancy, then I think you're looking
> at the right solution.
>
> Chris Gebhardt
> VIRTBIZ Internet Services
> chris at virtbiz.com | (866) 4-VIRTBIZ
>
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