How to conect 2 broadband connections to the server

Praveenraju · Jul 1, 2008

Hi,

Right now i have one broadband connection to the server. However , I am facing problems due to regular internet disconnections. Now I am planing to connect one more broadband connection to the same server by using 2 gateway enable router. So that if one internet connection fails, second one automatically enables.

Is there any 2 gateway enable router... if yes, which is the best one ( company)....?
Is this setup possible? If no, could someone please suggest....How can make it possible....

CrackerJack · Jul 1, 2008

I believe it's possible, i've actually thought about doing this. But i was going to use just a switch. It's got two upload slots.

Mussels · Jul 1, 2008

you'll need a load balancing router. Unfortunately its a real pain to setup two internet connections into one machine as a standard setup. The only systems i know of is teamed networks (if one goes down, both go down so its useless to you) or a load balancing router, that can shift the internet to the second port should the first falter.

I am not sure about brands, but i know cisco and linksys have them. Search for routers with two WAN ports (make sure its WAN and not LAN) and look for a load balancing feature listed, or the ability to use the second line as a backup.

mrhuggles · Jul 1, 2008

openWRT can do this flawlessly and its very very easy to setup and well documented how to set it up

also and dont quote me on this but i think dd-wrt might also be able to do it, i dont use dd-wrt but i think i read that it could.

also u can go multihomed easily enough too

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How to conect 2 broadband connections to the server

Praveenraju

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