Wow -- Did I really setup SmoothWall over there! I would recommend segmenting your network -- I believe you had more than one IP on the T1.
192.168.x.0/24 (servers) --> T1 192.168.x+1.0/24 (dmz servers, inbound) <-- T1 192.168.x+2.0/24 (workstations) --> T1 Route all traffic from x.0 through the T1. Smoothwall V2, and V3 both support multiple inside networks -- and DMZ's, etc. I think there is an advanced routing addon that would take care of thedual homed routing -- if not a simple init script would make it all work. The Smoothwall can also do QoS to prioritize SSH/telnet and over HTTP/FTP. Stan On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Rene Churchill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey gang, > > I'm looking for some pointers/recommendations on how to setup a > router for an office to split/share bandwidth between two sources. > I know enough about networking to keep my internal network up > but I'm getting into deeper waters here. > > Here's the scenario. I'm in an office with a split T1 currently. Half > phone, half data. The office is growing, so the number of times the > pipe gets clogged during the day is increasing and it's getting annoying. > I've got to keep the static IP as we've got email, ftp and a couple of > minor web servers running. The current firewall is a SmoothWall > Express v2 that Stan setup several years ago for us. > > What I'd like to go is get a cable modem tied into the office to provide > some cheap bandwidth for the majority of our data needs during the day. > The servers have static internal IPs, the desktop PCs have dynamic IPs, > so they're easy to tell apart. > > So, any suggestions on how to setup a firewall/router that will send the > traffic from the desktops out over the cable modem while letting the > servers > have the T1 bandwidth? > > Many thanks, > Rene > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > René Churchill [email protected] > Geek Two 802-244-7880 x527 > Your Source for Local Information http://www.wherezit.com > >
