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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > On 26/02/2009 21:30, Grant Sewell wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:08:04 +0000 >> Simon Waters wrote: >> >> >>> Grant Sewell wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone know if IPCop (or pfsense, or any others) supports >>>> load-balancing over 2 actual ADSL lines (where you'd have to set up >>>> each line with its own connection details (username+password, >>>> etc))? And where to source PCI ADSL cards? >>>> >>> Why not just use two ADSL routers, and balance in Ethernet in a >>> firewall? >>> >>> http://www.ipcops.com/wiki/faq:advanced:multiwan >>> >>> Suggests pfsense ;) >>> >>> >> We have a Draytek that is supposed to do load balancing over 2 Ethernet >> WANs (connected to xDSL/Cable) already. The difficulty is that because >> the connection goes over an extra link, the Draytek is essentially >> completely unaware of when the DSL link goes down on either connection. >> >> Our current setup is: >> >> Cable - Router \ >> Draytek Router - Network >> Cable - Router / >> >> One router is configured for Eclipse, the other for Demon. If either >> Eclipse or Demon stops working, their respective router knows about it >> but because *that* router's LAN connection is still up and the >> Draytek is connected to it, the Draytek is not informed that a line has >> gone down, so continues to use it and 1/2 the traffic is lost. >> >> One of the routers supports "bridging" mode, whereby you lose the >> option of inputting a username+password for the link (which is >> reasonable - it's supposed to be a bridge), but the Draytek doesn't >> support PPP connections (seeing as it's an Ethernet-Ethernet router) so >> we can't do that. >> >> I'm looking for a way have 2 direct ADSL connections on the same box >> (be that a pre-fab router or a home-made router) where I can load >> balance across them. >> >> Any ideas about the PCI ADSL cards? >> >> Cheers. >> Grant. :) >> >> > Doing a quick Google search came up with this... > http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=FM-PADSL&af=50 > > Not sure what chipset it is though or if it supports Linux or ADSL2+ > > Rob > > "Note :- Not compatiable with Windows Vista" :-) Many years ago I used a bewan ADSL PCI modem.. worked out of the box on Smoothwall.. No doubt, years later, you can use two of these in a load balance and redundant link situation to effect what you're after... I'm not sure if they do ADSL2+ or anything, but it's a name to go on.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmnFxMACgkQz3Av8JKgzxTu3ACfa49qA8svnHug7pJbBWopvK5q uvMAn0Hdlz0F6lOw5Q20t+ewWQnVPOqj =EXcr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html