[GRLUG] Rookie Network Question

[Joel Freiberg]

Few products come to mind....

Cisco just came out with a new small business firewall, the ISA500
series.  Licensing is much simpler, they seem to be a much better
product than the SA series, will see soon as we're starting to install
them.

Or go with PFSense, just put on a server and have a couple of NICs.
I'm pretty sure Astaro does it as well, haven't had much experience
with them though.



On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not looking to take up too much of anyone's time, but is it possible to have
> two internet connections combined?  I'm looking at upgrading our companies
> internet.  Currently we have a single T1 line.  Quite slow and expensive.
> I'd like to look at some of the cheaper options, like a Comcast Business
> Line.  The issue with that is that it doesn't have an SLA.  It would be
> awesome to be able to have the cheap fast line with the T1 as a backup.
> That way we can dramatically increase the speed but still have the solid
> line with the SLA as a backup.
>
> I have googled and found out about dual wan routers, this would work for
> stuff originating in house but not stuff originating outside.  Is it
> possible to combine two disparate lines so that even requests coming in will
> failover to the backup if the main line is down?
>
>
>
> Share and Enjoy
> Ben
>
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