sound like you need a routing protocol, if you have access to manage all the routers
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:44:09PM -0600, Tony Hagans wrote: > Currently I have a setup that involves connections from several different > providers ranging from 6 mbit DSL's to 10 mbit fractional DS3 connections > tied together to provide multipath high availability internet in our area for > schools and businesses. We recently extended our coverage to another area > which has several other ISP's. The box that is doing multiwan right now is > the only gateway for the entire network and for some sites it is several hops > back to that gateway. My goal is for us to purchase bandwidth in other > locations, install a linux box and have multiple gateways available, but I > think this is easier said than done. I will diagram this as best I can for > you in current and future setup modes. > > Currently: > > ISP 1 ISP 2 ISP 3 etc... > | | | | > > Multiwan box > > | > > Area 1 > > / | \ > > Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 > > Goal: > > Currently: > > ISP 1 ISP 2 ISP 3 etc... > | | | | > > Multiwan box > > | > > Area 1 > > / | \ > > Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 > > | | > Linux Box Linux Box > | | > ISP x ISP y > > My goal is for people in area 1-4 to all be able to use any of the > connections to ISP 1-z and if one fails it passes the traffic through the > network to an available route. Area 1-4 don't current have any linux > hardware but it has been a long standing plan to put some in place in those > areas as well so if that is required it could be done. These areas are all > serviced by different small ISP's and would make acceptable alternate routes > say if a backhual failed for some reason so that is the goal. > > Thanks for any input. > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc >
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