Re: DUAL ISPs and Locad Balancing with BM 3.9
Craig Johnson
> I am running a Border Manager 3.9 server and we use a Dual WAN router to
> bring in our (2) ISPs from different vendors into (1) netcard on the
> server. The Dual WAN router does load balancing fine but I was
> wondering if there is a better more efficient way?
No, that's basically the best way. I've got a number of clients set up to
do that, some of them with BMgr clusters behind the twin-wan routers. One
of them at one point even had 5 WAN links (using Xincom X16).
>
> Would Border Manager allow multiple Public 10/100/1000 Netcards and do
> load balancing and fail over?
No. NetWare wasn't designed to do that with IP, though it could with IPX.
>
> We run fine speedwise for our little company but it just seems
> wastefull to have (2) T1's coming into a 10/100 Dual WAN router.
It generally is. What I usually have are clients with a T1 (fixed IP
addresses, mostly for email), and a cable modem/dsl connection (usually
DHCP). I set up load balancing to bias most of the outbound load onto
the cable modem (usually 5mps or greater), and there is usually a very
noticeable increase in browsing speed for the users.
Craig Johnson
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Craig Johnson
wrote:
> Craig always praises Xincom, in my limited experience they are far from
> best..
I never said they were the best... I basically praise Xincom because of
the extremely low price. Means people who are hestitant to try a
load-balancer can get a Xincom, and if it works out (or not) can move on
from it with little cost. That is, they are almost disposable, when you
can get one for under $200.
> I used Xrio S400 Lite (xrio badged Q-balancer from Deansoft .com
> .co.uk)
>
> Now Xrio use different design & Deansoft market they own balancers
>
> You could probably pickup the older (still very capable models) on
> ebay
>
I would love to hear of many load-balancing models, and their prices, so
I can recommend various brands to my clients.