Jake Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I've recently switched from 1meg DSL broadband to 4meg cable. But now I've found that I can get 2meg DSL for free from my satellite TV provider (Sky). I'm tied to a 12 month contract with my cable supplier - so I'll have both. To take advantage of both cable and DSL at the same time I'm told I need a 'load balancing router' - is that right? They seem kinda expensive at over £100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 if you want to use both at the same time for the same thing then yep thats what you will need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yup, not cheap thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I guess you'd be looking at something like this... http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2910.html ~£150 I think, I was considering it at one point. It's a router only so I'd still need a couple of ADSL modems too. It's possible to use a linux box with two network cards in it to do the same thing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 They seem kinda expensive at over £100 Expensive? That's bloody cheap! Ah - home users...bless 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Expensive? That's bloody cheap! Ah - home users...bless 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Jake, I use my cable line as my primary line with my adsl being the backup if the NTL goes down. Load balancing causes all sorts of issues especially when you use two different ISPs. You are in effect just randomly sending packets to different ISPs, and things such as MSN video and games just can't handle two different source address. I use IPCop to handle it all, it does layer7 filtering, URL filtering; good for protecting kiddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Expensive? That's bloody cheap! Ah - home users...bless 'em. Oi! That's 2 weeks Dole money to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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