Dean, A small Linux box will make a very effective router (and firewall if required) and give load balancing/failover capabilities. I've done it in the past (many moons ago!)
A link from my bookmarks: http://lartc.org/ - can be a little scary depending on your knowledge of ip routing and linux but there are plenty of examples to help! Jordan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: 14 November 2006 15:08 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Dual Wan Router with Failover Hi Jason, I was looking for an external solution outside of my asterisk box so that I can load balance my other website/email traffic as well. Cheers, Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 11:00 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dual Wan Router with Failover > > If you don't mind using linux, linux can do some fairly intense load > balancing all built in. Check out the Linux Virtual Server project. As > for WAN failover, if you again don't mind using linux, you can script a > simple ping to the internet (I would ping at least 3 hosts) and if that > fails, fail to your second ISP. You can also do some crazy fun stuff > with linux advance routing and bonding. > > Jason > The place where you made your stand never mattered, only that you were > there... and still on your feet > > > > Dean Collins wrote: > > > > Are you looking for load balancing or failover. > > > > > > > > Also is there a cheaper way of implementing load balancing than $845 > > appliance? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Todd- > > Asterisk > > *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 November 2006 9:26 AM > > *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Dual Wan Router with Failover > > > > > > > > I've been looking for this as well.. I need to support up to 20 VOIP > > phones over Internet as the Asterisk server is off-site. We'll have > > multiple cable modems or DSL routers. > > > > > > > > I found this device which looks promising - does anyone have any > > experience with this? > > > > http://www.peplink.com/productsLoader.php?productName=balance > > > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2006, at 8:49 PM, Dovid B wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi List, > > > > Does anyone know of a good dual wan router that can handle SIP well > > and can failover between connections if there is a SIP issue on one of > > the lines (meaning there still is a connection however there isnt > > enough bandwith or sip packets arent going thru etc.) ? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Dovid > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
