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Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking?

Posted by timothy on from the you-failover-is-better-than-you-fail dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is, I think, a simple question — but one which I can't get the answer to. As a typical, but perhaps high-demand home user I would like to use 2 separate ISPs. ADSL is pretty cheap nowadays, and 2 x ADSL seems a better value than one fast one — especially in terms of reliability. If one breaks, at least the other will work. Using an old box as a router/firewall, how can I configure a system to use two completely separate ISPs in a sensible manner? Ideally, I'd like the load of my browsing to be balanced, but at the minimum, I'd want some kind of 'fail-over.' If I leave torrents running over night, I'd like the router to use whichever connection doesn't block the traffic — and preferably for it to reset the errant connection. Ideas?"

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  1. From the "I don't use google" Department. by HockeyPuck · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'll google "Dual Internet connections" for you: http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=dual+connections+to+the+internet

    http://gentoo-wiki.com/Dual_internet_connections
    http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/13347

    Or just search for "How to build a linux router" otherwise there are some prebuilt linksys/netgear solutions that can handle dual ISP connections.

  2. Get a life by tsa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If I were you I would try to get a life instead of another ISP.

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