Re: Advanced Linksys routing question...

From: Les VanBrunt (vanbrunt@vanbrunt.com)
Date: 12/04/02 

From: "Les VanBrunt" <vanbrunt@vanbrunt.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 04:46:53 -0800

On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:15:45 +0000, Stan wrote:

> I have a DSL (www.igs.net) internet connection and a cable
> (www.rogers.ca) internet connection at my home. I also have two
> Linksys BEFSR41 routers handy. What I would like to do is to get the
> two routers talking to each other so that they will automatically
> combine the bandwidth of the two connections to my LAN (assuming both
> high-speed connections are working) and if one of the connections goes
> down, I would like all traffic to be automatically routed to the
> connection that IS working using RIP that the routers support. Is
> this even possible? Or will I have to get a new $400 USD router from
> Nexland such as this one?

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't see how this will be
possible.

This may be possible to do for your outbound traffic, but not for your
inbound... especially with two different ISPs. If it was 2 feeds from the
same ISP, you might be able to work an arrangement with them to load
balance your traffic.

RIP is meant to be an internal routing protocol, not external. RIP sucks
as a routing protocol, so I don't see why router manufacturers insist on
making it available instead of a better protocol such as OSPF.

Inbound failover is possible using BGP, but your not going to get an AS number
from ARIN being only a home user.

Les VanBrunt

>
> http://www.nexland.com/turbo.cfm
> The Pro800turbo Load-Balances 2 different Internet connections making
> them seem as one. This enables full use of BOTH lines at the same
> time. Users can define percentages of use for each line if they like.
> Also, if one line goes down, 100% of the traffic is sent to the good
> line... Automatically! Great for networks with heavy loads or power
> surfers that like to download multiple files, like MP3s, at once.
> Speed up your network NOW!
>
> Stan Zapaticky
> stanNOSPAMzap@igsNOSPAM.net
>
> Remove NOSPAM to email.

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