Cable and DSL redundancy

[vital-analitix]

Quote from winter:

Have you considered getting a second DSL connection (from a different ISP), then you can use one of the many dual-WAN routers to accomplish (some of) what you want.

No matter how you end up doing it I suspect the software will require re-connecting/re-logging in. The router can failover for you but that wont solve your problem. If the interface can be configured to do that automatically for you then it may appear transparent but it won't really be.

The only way to keep tcp sessions up is if your IP address doesnt change (you can't hand off an existing session from one IP to the other - the far end won't allow it) and I don't see that kind of high-availability feature being offered for any residential broadband service.

In our country the last part (the copper wire piece to your house) is monopalized by one company who doesn not allow others to get on the line. This means I may be able to get another supplier but they still are going through the last same stretch. If you look at it they are basically resellers of the same service.

There was a wireless option that I explored and although the repeater is only a few Km away it is sitting behind a big hill and I cannot "see" it. Reception is nil...... Have had some thoughts about satelite but do not think it is available here in New Zealand.

Time to emigrate I think....

vital analitics

 

[cashonly]

Quote from winter:

Have you considered getting a second DSL connection (from a different ISP), then you can use one of the many dual-WAN routers to accomplish (some of) what you want.

You may want to check into satellite as a backup. Problem with a second DSL and dial-up is they still come down the same wire, even with a different ISP. You might be able to get the lowest cost satellite I-net plan as you wouldn't be using it that much.

Cash

 

[vital-analitix]

Quote from cashonly:

You may want to check into satellite as a backup. Problem with a second DSL and dial-up is they still come down the same wire, even with a different ISP. You might be able to get the lowest cost satellite I-net plan as you wouldn't be using it that much.

Cash

Not if the dial up is through a mobile phone with a seperate phone company who is using a different backone (they are each others arch rivals, he he). My primary is using fibre optics to connect to the rest of the world, the mobile company is using satellite. I thought about satellite but for backup it is rather cost prohibitive. (And did not investigate further if it is avaible at all in my corner of the world) Might as well dial in through the mobile and close out the trades and take the rest of the day off.

Thanks to all for the helpfull suggestions, if only a resolution was in sight....

vital analitics

 

[cashonly]

Quote from vital-analitix:

Not if the dial up is through a mobile phone with a seperate phone company who is using a different backone (they are each others arch rivals, he he). My primary is using fibre optics to connect to the rest of the world, the mobile company is using satellite. I thought about satellite but for backup it is rather cost prohibitive. (And did not investigate further if it is avaible at all in my corner of the world) Might as well dial in through the mobile and close out the trades and take the rest of the day off.

Thanks to all for the helpfull suggestions, if only a resolution was in sight....

vital analitics

Oh yeah, forgot about mobile. They're just starting to spread out mobile I-net in the 400K-700K range around here for $60-$80/mo. That's another option.

Hope you find a good solution!

Cash

 

[Biog]

Yes, exactly want I found to be true. Therefore, I bought a separate router for the cable line and the DSL line. When comcast fails I just switch over to the wireless connection for DSL. Takes all of 3 seconds.

Quote from winter:

Just so you know, it really can't pool the bandwidth.

Load balancing just means that if you have multiple internet connections they will be balanced across the two WAN links.

Individual packets that make up each connection cannot be load balanced, they will all go over the same link. The only way you could load balance at the packet level is if both connections were to the same ISP and they offered some sort of link bonding/aggregation like EtherChannel. Since you are talking cable & DSL I'm sure that isnt the case.

So if you have only a single connection between you and your broker then this router will not provide any additional bandwidth, the connection will either be using one link or the other, not both.