Good catch Jim. Stu, make certain that you are getting your links from dissimilar ISPs that have different backbone networks.
-- ME2 On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jim McAtee <[email protected]> wrote: > Two feeds from the same cable company? If so, the only way one is going > down while the other stays up is if there's a physical break in one of the > lines between the curb and the building, which I would think should be very > rare. I don't think I'd bother setting up such a scheme if failover is the > goal. And few ten person offices need a 50 Mbps internet connection, so > load balancing two of them accomplishes very little. Better would be to set > up the cable connection to be used all the time, and fail over to a slower > DSL link. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu Sjouwerman" < > [email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:27 PM > Subject: Which router do you like best for this? > > > > I'm creating an office for 10 people to start with, and want a router that > can > take two different (50/5) cable feeds and load balance them. When one feed > gets cut, the other feed takes over and at least we'll have access. What > router > do you like best for this type of use? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
