JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
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Re: [Servers] Dual WAN routing question
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. At least not without expensive hardware and even then I've never played with any of it so I don't know if it will indeed work like you want. In the general sense, what comes in on one IP must go back out that IP. You can download through both interfaces if the program you are downloading with opens up mutiple connections but beyond that it is just a round robin approach for load balancing (you could also have strict rules that say "when WAN 1 is 80% saturated all future connections go out WAN2 and not before").
From a server hosting standpoint, a consumer class load balancing router is not going to work at all. There are options out there and there is a discussion about them going on in another forum here but there seems to be mixed reviews about them already. One thing you could do is manually load balance the websites. For example, website A is a high traffic site so it gets WAN 1 all to itself. Websites 2-4 are low traffic and get put on WAN 2. You would need to modify the DNS A records to reflect the different IP addresses and make appropriate changes to the web server if they are all hosted on the same server but it is doable. Another option, though probably out of your price range) is a bonded T1 (or possibly bonded DSL). This gives you the extra bandwidth but keeps it all on the same IP. |
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berksupport
join:2008-05-01
Dover, DE
| Thanks Joel, This is what I was expecting. Since a web browser is initating the connection and is expecting the content to be provided back on the same connection, I didn't think this would be possible (thought maybe an outside, remote chance). Thanks again for the reply.
If anyone else has any insight please feel free to reply. |
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elnino
join:2006-08-27
Akron, OH
| said by berksupport  :Thanks Joel, This is what I was expecting. Since a web browser is initating the connection and is expecting the content to be provided back on the same connection, I didn't think this would be possible (thought maybe an outside, remote chance). Thanks again for the reply. If anyone else has any insight please feel free to reply. That's correct. You can't have just one internet connection for incoming and the other for outgoing. |
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Anav
Sarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic
Premium
join:2001-07-16
Dartmouth, NS | A better understanding of the requirement will allow us to provide possible solutions. In other words, who or what type of activity is going on, and how do people know where to go to access the information. |
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