[KLUG Members] Dual internet connection devices?

[bill]

Hi Adam,

Why not use a linux firewall like floppyfw?  It has a browser-based
interface so he can configure it with his MS browser (egads!).  

It does NAT and firewalling, traffic shaping, it can handle port
forwarding for VPN, SSH, etc., etc.

You don't say what you want to do with the two connections but it would
be trivial to, let's say your DSL goes down, browse to the firewall and
have it use the cable connection.  Apply the setting (from the browser)
and you're back up and running.  

You can use practically any old box for floppyfw, though I recommend a
pentium box with PCI cards (easier to configure).  And there are ways
you can port forward into the network and then look back at the firewall
to configure it remotely.  Lots of things you can do, and being linux it
can run for a -long- time with minimal downtime.

Check the website for more info:

http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw

kind regards,

bill

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 14:04, Adam bultman wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I've been tasked with assisting a customer figure out their internet
> connection for a new product they have purchased.
> 
> The purchase of a product means that their data and work isn't done
> in-house anymore, but via the internet.
> 
> They currently have a verizon DSL connection which isn't the most solid,
> so they've been thinking of getting comcast cable as their 'second'
> connection. Both would have static IP addresses.
> 
> Currently, they use a windows box to provide firewalling and NAT, but
> the version they have (ISA is what the guy kept saying) doesn't handle
> two different connections.
> 
> My initial response would be 'cisco', except that this guy is a
> Microsoft guy and might not be the most comfortable with fiddling with
> configs, or waiting for me or another admin to call up and walk him
> through things.
> 
> Are there easy, hardware-style products that'll help with this?  He
> mentioned ZyWall, which will do both dual internet connections and VPN
> (which is required - he will have a VPN to us).
> 
> Any suggestions, stories, or anecdotes?
> 
> Adam
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