2 IPS accounts

[weaselwebb]

Hi All

I am running a 20mbps VSDL line at home and burnig through my data faster than I can keep track. I am happy with my current ISP account through Telkom 50GB cap, I was shopping around and see that VOX has a 50GB Fat pipe for R170 which is cheaper than Telkom .

My question is, is any one running two ISP accounts at home and if so how do you do it??? I am running a Zyxel VSDL router and very happy.

Just want to add VOX as a second ISP and use that once my data is complete on Telkom side.

Thanks for the help

 

[fruitbat]

Yea I'd love to do that too... have a TI account that runs the graveyard shift, then another account that runs during the day....

 

[PsyCLown]

Hmm, I run PfSense and I am sure you could have that setup in PfSense.

Have both accounts dialed up, set one as T1 and the other as T2 and in essence that should use the one and when it runs out your traffic should automatically be rotued over the other account.

Alternatively you could just run PfSense and just change between the accounts as you please (easier than manually changing the details in your router all the time).

Since you get uncapped fom midnight until 7AM with the Telkom accounts, I'd have PfSense automatically switch to the Telkom account from midnight until 7am and then use the Vox account during the day and when the Vox gets capped then switch to the Telkom account all the time.

 

[weaselwebb]

Hmm, I run PfSense and I am sure you could have that setup in PfSense.

Have both accounts dialed up, set one as T1 and the other as T2 and in essence that should use the one and when it runs out your traffic should automatically be rotued over the other account.

Alternatively you could just run PfSense and just change between the accounts as you please (easier than manually changing the details in your router all the time).

Since you get uncapped fom midnight until 7AM with the Telkom accounts, I'd have PfSense automatically switch to the Telkom account from midnight until 7am and then use the Vox account during the day and when the Vox gets capped then switch to the Telkom account all the time.

Thanks for the help

 

[weaselwebb]

Hmm, I run PfSense and I am sure you could have that setup in PfSense.

Have both accounts dialed up, set one as T1 and the other as T2 and in essence that should use the one and when it runs out your traffic should automatically be rotued over the other account.

Alternatively you could just run PfSense and just change between the accounts as you please (easier than manually changing the details in your router all the time).

Since you get uncapped fom midnight until 7AM with the Telkom accounts, I'd have PfSense automatically switch to the Telkom account from midnight until 7am and then use the Vox account during the day and when the Vox gets capped then switch to the Telkom account all the time.

Would I require an Additional Modem or could I do this with one VDSL modem

 

[PsyCLown]

Would I require an Additional Modem or could I do this with one VDSL modem

One router is perfect, however the machine running PfSense will need 2x physical network cards.

 

[weaselwebb]

One router is perfect, however the machine running PfSense will need 2x physical network cards.

I see Thanks, will take a look into it, doe snot sound difficult will just have to beef up my home server. If I get this right will be sorted. at the moment I have to manually connect to my router enable the one account and disable the other.

 

[PsyCLown]

I see Thanks, will take a look into it, doe snot sound difficult will just have to beef up my home server. If I get this right will be sorted. at the moment I have to manually connect to my router enable the one account and disable the other.

Yeah, bit of a mission. I'm loving pfsense. Soo much you can do with it, super convenient!

 

[weaselwebb]

Yeah, bit of a mission. I'm loving pfsense. Soo much you can do with it, super convenient!

Do use it at home or at work, going to download it and play with it on a virtual machine to what it can do

 

[PsyCLown]

Do use it at home or at work, going to download it and play with it on a virtual machine to what it can do

Using it at home. Have it running in a virtual machine, not recommended but works perfectly for what I need it for.