The ASUS firmware does uplink failover out-of-the-box; it repurposes one of the other ports as an additional uplink. As an added bonus, it is completely open source.
I recently installed an ASUS RT-AC66U so that I can take advantage of my Utopia+Xmission 250MB connection. The ASUSWRT-MERLIN firmware adds some nice features such as local DNS name lookup. Cheers, Richard On Monday, December 28, 2015 07:18:52 Nicholas Leippe wrote: > It doesn't matter what the silkscreen labels a port on one of these > routers. Once you have openwrt installed you can purpose any port for any > task you want. > As for tutorials, it's been a while, so just google and take your > pick--that's all I'd do at this point. > > https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+router+multiple+isp&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > > lartc.org is usually good. > > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What I meant when I said I needed a linux machine and not an openwrt router > > was that I didn't see how a router with only one WAN port could handle > > multiple uplinks. However, if you say it could handle it, then I guess I > > was mistaken. Not like it's the first time, or that it will be the last. > > I'd love to see one of these tutorials. Perhaps you could point me to a > > good one? I'd be looking for one that dealt with multiple ISPs, not with a > > cell phone tether, although it's nice to know a cell phone tether works > > too. > > > > Thanks! > > --- Dan > > > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> wrote: > > > > > A router flashed with openwrt *is* just a linux machine. It can do this > > > just fine. > > > I've done multiple uplink setups before, it's not that difficult--there's > > > tutorials. > > > You can do this with multiple ISPs, or combine one ISP with a cell-phone > > > using it's data tethering features (which is easy and free if you have a > > > rooted android--it's just linux in there where the networking is > > concerned, > > > iptables and all). > > > > > > You don't need any special tools, just the regular networking tools like > > > iptables and ip. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On December 23, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > > > > In the past I have done some pretty interesting things with iptables, > > > tc, > > > > > and route for more advanced setups. There are actually some pretty > > > > > interesting optimizations you can do even just within iptables using > > > the > > > > > mangle table, CONNMARK, and reorganizing your rules to make things > > more > > > > > performant in cases where it matters. > > > > > > > > One thing I always wondered was if there was a (relatively easy) way to > > > > setup a multi-home auto-fallback router. I.e. if I have two internet > > > > connections (maybe, for example, one via Comcast and one via Qwest) my > > > > primary internet connection goes down then have the linux machine (and > > I > > > > imagine it would have to be an actual separate machine, not just a > > router > > > > flashed with openwrt) detect that the primary connection is not > > > > functioning, and automatically change the default route to the > > secondary > > > > connection, and then when the primary connection becomes usable again, > > > the > > > > router automatically changes the default route back. > > > > > > > > Anyone aware of any tools that would allow me to do this? > > > > > > > > --- Dan <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
