Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-06-16 Thread Vivek Kapoor
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 26 May 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote: [snip] I've seen a couple of SMC barracuda ADSL routers that will handle dual links and do some failover stuff. I'd guess you already had modems for those links ? That helps. Finally found the

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-06-16 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 16 Jun 2008, Vivek Kapoor wrote: Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 26 May 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote: [snip] I've seen a couple of SMC barracuda ADSL routers that will handle dual links and do some failover stuff. I'd guess you already had modems for those

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-06-16 Thread Vivek Kapoor
On Mon, June 16, 2008 2:10 pm, Raj Mathur wrote: Well, the situation changed when the chap told me that his wife would be the one who would manage the router. So in the end it turned out to be simpler to get her to unplug the cable from one router and put it into the other one, rather than

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-06-16 Thread Shashidhar Bhat
Vivek Kapoor wrote: On Mon, June 16, 2008 2:10 pm, Raj Mathur wrote: Well, the situation changed when the chap told me that his wife would be the one who would manage the router. So in the end it turned out to be simpler to get her to unplug the cable from one router and put it into the

[ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Raj Mathur
Hi, Anyone have suggestions for a router that can do the following? - Handle 2 providers: one ADSL and one Cable (Ethernet). - Load balance between the two links. - Periodically check status of links and switch to one line only if the other line goes down. - Internal stuff like DHCP, etc.

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Nagarjuna G.
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Anyone have suggestions for a router that can do the following? - Handle 2 providers: one ADSL and one Cable (Ethernet). - Load balance between the two links. - Periodically check status of links and switch to one

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread ankush grover
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Anyone have suggestions for a router that can do the following? - Handle 2 providers: one ADSL and one Cable (Ethernet). - Load balance between the two links. - Periodically check status of links and switch to one

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nagarjuna G writes: Nagarjuna On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Anyone have suggestions for a router that can do the following? - Handle 2 providers: one ADSL and one Cable

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Raj Mathur
On Sunday 25 May 2008, Nagarjuna G. wrote: Anyone have suggestions for a router that can do the following? - Handle 2 providers: one ADSL and one Cable (Ethernet). - Load balance between the two links. - Periodically check status of links and switch to one line only if the other

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
Raj Mathur wrote: This is a non-technical mom and pop shop who just need a black box they can plug into the network(s), get the sales or support guy to configure once and then forget about it. No RD, and I'm not going to be next door to them to sort out Linux problems if they face them, so

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 26 May 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote: [snip] I've seen a couple of SMC barracuda ADSL routers that will handle dual links and do some failover stuff. I'd guess you already had modems for those links ? That helps. Finally found the following 4 that seem to fit the bill, no clue about

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-25 Thread Dhiraj Gaur
If an old PC is available then do try considering Endian Firewall Community Edition. I have been using it for quite sometime in my office. Works great as well as unattended and most features are supported out of the box. a few cyber cafes in my areas have started using it as well and they are