On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Exactly. We have a 4(?) external IP addresses. Web & FTP will go to 1 server, VPN to another. I could get away with a single IP address but we've just bought a video conferencing system that requires many public ports. Some History: We've just moved from a standard BT business account (cheap, 8Mb down, bugger all up) to a bonded ADSL system that gives 8Mb symmetrical down _and_ up (i.e. expensive). We have no control over the router provided by the supplier, so I need something to sit behind it. The only saving grace with the new setup (which was forced on us) is that we no longer need to rent a server as we can host our stuff in-house with the increased upload bandwidth. > 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. Thanks, I was wondering that myself. 'Multi-homed' routers seem to be geared at multi-isp environments. > 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.) My experience of Linux is limited, but not non-existent. Thanks for the suggestions guys. I might see if someone has an old Linksys router kicking around we can play with. I notice nobody mentioned Windows ISA (or whatever it's called in Server 2008) :-) -- Paul _______________________________________________ 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.
