[TriLUG] BSD/Linux firewall with multiple ISP and failover?

[Matt Pusateri]

Greg,

What about the carp stuff in OpenBSD.  I haven't used it, so I may be
off base here, but I bet a little bit of scripting could make it work
for ISP failover instead of just firewall failover.

Matt P.


On Fri, January 27, 2006 11:13 am, Greg Brown wrote:
> Hey all.  I think I finally hit a dead-end with M0n0wall.  My outer
> banks
> client now requires fail over from the DSL Internet connection to a
> 2nd ISP,
> probably a cable modem.  My research indicates that M0n0 doesn't
> support
> this yet.
>
> What are my options here besides something like a Cisco 2621xm (WAY
> too
> expensive for this client)?  Does anyone know of an inexpensive
> appliance
> that they have tested for fail over Internet?  Or can a BSD/Linux box
> be
> built for this purpose?
>
> Greg
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