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Re: How to manage multiple Internet connections?



Mark Allums wrote:
>> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
>>> Probably a good start (whatever technology you end up using) is a
>>> GNU/Linux (preferably Debian) machine connected to both internet links
>>> and your internal network since consumer gateways don't even have more
>>> than one WAN port[2].
>
> I would like to point out that Cradlepoint makes a few routers that
> have a port that can be assigned as either a switch port or a 2nd WAN
> port. These Cardlepoint routers have load-balancing capabilities.
>
> They accept 3G wireless aircards, having a PCMCIA or Express slot, as
> well as USB ports (for USB aircards or tethered smartphones).  These
> routers can also failover from the ethernet WAN to aircard.
>
> I have a Cradlepoint MBR1200 model.  I use it with a Blackberry.  I
> have not experimented extensively with multiple WAN connections, however.
>
> One big downside is that they are expensive.
Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't know it.

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