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Posted by citylight on October 12, 2006, 5:52 am
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glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> (snip)
> > Since the router is dual wan, i decided to add a second ISP(DSL)
> > as backup in case the other one is down. I planned to plug in the 2nd
> > ISP to the 2nd WAN port of the router in order to utilize the load
> > balancing feature of the router. And also I expected that the router
> > would automatically switch between the two ISP's, whichever is
> > available. Unfortunately, the 2nd ISP provided me with a modem/router.
> > They wouldnt allow me to configure the modem/router as a router only so
> > that i can plug it to 2nd WAN Port of my existing router.
>
> As an ethernet question, the consideration is whether you need
> a crossover cable or a straight through cable. Most likely straight
> though.
>
> I don't see anything wrong with connecting the 2nd WAN port to
> the DSL modem/router. I presume you will be on a NAT using private
> addresses in any case. You do need to make sure that the appropriate
> different (sub)net addresses are used on the two ports.
>
> If you have more questions, this is really an IP question and should
> go to comp.protocols.tcp-ip.
>
> -- glen
Many, many thanks sir. I got it working now. I connected the
modem/router to the 2nd wan port. Assigned a static IP to 2nd Wan, with
the Lan IP of modem/router as gateway. Thanks again.
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