You would need at least one router for this. Personally I would connect both DSL modems into a small Cisco router or multi-layer switch. Use that router as the default gateways for each LAN and have two static routes as the default gateway on the router to specify each DSL line. This would allow for load balancing each connection. Although, you run into the issue of needing PAT on both lines. This wouldn't be complex, but would need to be handled by the router as well. I am not sure about asymmetric paths though. Depending on the device, it may handle this differently, and there is no guarantee that the source of your traffic will be from the same connection all the time to the destination. This would cause connectivity issues. There really is no elegant solution to that without having a full routing table of the Internet and 2 separate providers. Others on this list may have a solution to that issue off the top of their heads, or have done this themselves. On 1/2/10 5:48 PM, Scott Weeks wrote:
--- paul.w.bennett@gmail.com wrote: From: "Paul Bennett" <paul.w.bennett@gmail.com>
At home, I currently run two DSL lines. Right now, we just have two separate LANs, one connected to each line, with my wife's devices attached to one, and my devices attached to the other. For a while now, I've been thinking about setting up a load-balancing routing solution to give both of us access to both lines. ---------------------------------------------------
Maybe www.xincom.com/products.php will work?
scott
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