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Load Balancing Needed
Hello! im lookinf for a load balancer for home, i have 2 internet lines, and want to use both, or at least if one goes down, the other continue working.
wich one do you recommend me? not expensive, i see this one on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-TP-LINK-TL-R470T-Load-Balance-Broadband-Router-/161327107062?pt=US_Wired_Routers&hash=item258fd84bf6
will work?
thanks!
Comments
Yes its what you need up to 4 wan input.
3 NIC's, a small low power box, and PFSense is what I would use, IMHO. If you have access to the hardware, its pretty cheap
I assume this is for outgoing connections.
i need only 2, but its ok if have more,
What do you exactly want to achieve?
i have two internet lines at home, and want to make both work, maybe not at same time, but yes on same router, and if one goes of, other continue with internet.
You already wrote this, but the question is still the same. This is for outgoing connections. You dont want to use for server services.
@neroux, I believe that he is trying to do this for dual ISP's at home.
@dedicados, There are many ways of accomplishing this. The device you listed would accomplish the task, as well as PFSense as I recommended earlier.
thank you!
+1 for pfSense
Internet that bad in MX?
no, is worst and expensive!
here one thing you have to because of LAW, is the invoices to be digital certified ( a shit here ), so, if i have a bussiness, and its raining, or something happen, and there is no internet, i cant do invoices, and is a lost for me.
so i get 2 different lines from different ISP, one is cable, other is ADSL, so i dont have problems if one goes offline
Why do you need a "load balancer" for this? If one goes down you simply switch the cables.
I got a mikrotik at some 50 eur+vat should be cheaper if you dont have gbit internet, the 100 mbps version should suffice.
If someone is around with the knowledge to do so.
A router with two wan ports and some magical routing tables are all that is needed.
From a purely technical perspective for sure. But we are talking here about a home connection, not something that needs to be necessarily automated. In this case there is a good chance the OP does not even notice when a connection actually goes down (not something I'd advise).
Get a mikrotik router like a RB2011 for it. Easy to configure.
and if im not there?, i dont care to spend 60 dollars on something can help me with that, and do more things.
Just curious, what is stopping you from simply setting a redundant/ second gateway on your pc/laptop/server instead of buying extra equipment?
i need 2 network cards? or how?
1adsl router ----
1cable router ----
if i have 8 computers, i think is better to have that load balancing router, instead configure each one.
Fair enough but why would a failover be so important in your absence?
As i tell you before, in home and business, we need to be online 24/7 because automatic invoice, here in Mexico called CFDI ( factura Electronica ), so if you dont have internet, you cant generate it.
internet is not that bad, can be 4 months 100% uptime, but then one day, isnt working, by any reason, so if i have already 2 lines, why not configure them to work together.
And you are generating an invoice for what? Why does this have to happen in real-time? And it is generated without human interaction?
What if both connections are down? What if the connection goes down while generating it?
Because the government said how has to be.
Invoice of sales, truck parts, etc...
if both connections are down, i should run, must be the end of the world, or there is not electricity on place :P
If its that important I would suggest a hardware firewall/router with two Wan ports and configure it accordingly.
Or re-use old computer with 3 NIC and install software firewall/router.
But considering you are doing this on a consumer connection I'd assume you receive such orders via email. And then you simply issue the invoice when you have a network connection. Doesnt have to be real-time.
A good point, what if electricity goes out? What are the scenarios in these cases when for example both lines fail.
Well, all invoices generated have date, time, and goes to our I R S to be verified and come back. in just 10-20 seconds, is a process we are doing since long time.
all orders are done in site, so i dont think 60 dollars for a Load Balancer is too much to pay, just that.
it takes like literally 30 seconds per pc to add a second gateway....
You put both routers on the same LAN and set a second gateway on each PC, I really don't get the problem?
Windows don't like second gateways
My version must be special then?