Multi-wan router
Hello everyone,
My company wants a cheaper alternative to a leased line and since symetric up/down speeds are not a must, I thought we could bundle a few cable/adsl lines together into a load balancing multi-wan router. We would not want to spend more than £1,000-£2,000. Ideally it would allow us to combine at least 4 internet broadband connections into one. Any suggestions?
Thanks!!!
My company wants a cheaper alternative to a leased line and since symetric up/down speeds are not a must, I thought we could bundle a few cable/adsl lines together into a load balancing multi-wan router. We would not want to spend more than £1,000-£2,000. Ideally it would allow us to combine at least 4 internet broadband connections into one. Any suggestions?
Thanks!!!
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er, 5 nics, or a 1 nic and a 4 port nic.
Call Adtran and ask about the 3120 or the 3448 Netvantas. You can do a "reversal" whereby you configure the LAN switch side as WAN connections, and the WAN port connects to your LAN switch. You can then configure a NAT overloading that uses all four ports to load-balance.
http://www.adtran.com/adtr
http://www.adtran.com/adtr
That's cool!
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I'd go with a peplink solution, http://www.peplink.com/balance/, four 4 or more you would need the balance 710. You could also go with a pfsense or m0n0wall deployment if you wanted to roll your own and you were familiar with linux/unix command lines.
dont agree to having the leased line replaced!
even if you bond 4 x adsl together -- its still not going to be as good as the leased line -- you will notice the difference in quality -- higher latencies etc , although upload speed is not a must for you -- it helps
I have myself bonded 2 adsl circuits together using mlppp -- it does work but leased line circuit is just of a much better quality for internet -- so try your best to convince them to keep it
If you still want to go down that route -- heres a company in uk.
http://www.managedcomms.co.uk/articles/bonding-adsl-and-sdsl-resupported-by-bt-and-managed-communications
even if you bond 4 x adsl together -- its still not going to be as good as the leased line -- you will notice the difference in quality -- higher latencies etc , although upload speed is not a must for you -- it helps
I have myself bonded 2 adsl circuits together using mlppp -- it does work but leased line circuit is just of a much better quality for internet -- so try your best to convince them to keep it
If you still want to go down that route -- heres a company in uk.
http://www.managedcomms.co.uk/articles/bonding-adsl-and-sdsl-resupported-by-bt-and-managed-communications
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Well, our leased ine is 2mbps on a copper bearer and cannot be upgraded without installing a new bearer, and the bandwidth is unsufficient for our needs. We were hoping to get 4/5 £50 a month 20 mbps cable internet lines and put it in a neat box like a peplink or edimax.
Oor if there is a CISCO box, but I doubt it would be within the £2000 budget.
There is also the Linjsys RV016 but I am confused about the number of internet connections - it says 7 WAN ports but only 2 for internet? Or maybe I am reading it wrong.
Thanks!
Oor if there is a CISCO box, but I doubt it would be within the £2000 budget.
There is also the Linjsys RV016 but I am confused about the number of internet connections - it says 7 WAN ports but only 2 for internet? Or maybe I am reading it wrong.
Thanks!