On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Paul Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I need an ethernet router that does the following: > - Supports a range of external ip addresses
Just to clarify, you have a range of IP addresses, like a class-C range, that are all being routed to your point of presence, and you need to route the traffic coming in to different machines, depending on the target IP address. You need to be cautious of "Multi-WAN" routers as few provide what you're looking for; they were more designed for fail-over (A or B, not both) or bonding (doubling the speed of A and B) but not necessarily multiple-IP routing. I had some experiences with the first-generation Linksys LV402 and 802 and it wasn't pleasant. Paul's suggest of a Linux box is an excellent one. You can get practically all of the functionality of a high-end brand-name router and have the ability to customize it to your needs. The downside is that you will have the responsibility of maintaining it, but that's the reality anyway. You can quite likely find a knowledgeable consultant at your friendly local LUG who can set this up fairly inexpensively. (Far less than the license cost of a Cisco IOS unit.) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
