ADSL/WAN combined router with failover

[racer]

hi.. anyone know of a router than can handle a WAN connection with ADSL failover? Similar to the ADSL routers which have 3G failover, one can select which of the 2 connections is the default, and which is the secondary.

My situation is as follows - client has a WAN connection in their office, provided by the complex. They also have an ADSL line which they only want to use in case of WAN connection being down.

I've had a look at a few routers which have WAN capability, but it seems one can either setup the internet connection to use the WAN port OR the ADSL line, not both. Client isn't capable of changing router settings when they need to switch over. What I'm basically looking for is a router where I can set the WAN to be the primary connection, and it should fall over to the ADSL connection when the WAN is unresponsive.... Any suggestions?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

This:

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This:

Here: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=75015.0

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

^ Maybe a bit pricey for a router, but if you want stability then this is a winner.

Overall cost is around 10K, including SSD and Memory.

 

[morkhans]

Might be something in the Draytek range you can use. Look at the Vigor.

 

[irBosOtter]

This will probably work, but you will still need a ADSL modem, pretty sure you can place the modem in bridge mode and let this device dial the ADSL connection through the second WAN port and setup the first WAN port for the primary link...

http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php/dual-wan-enterprise-broadband-router-p-1184/

http://www.tenda.cn/tendacn/product/show.aspx?productid=232

 

[giggity]

^ Maybe a bit pricey for a router.

More like overkill. That would be more for a high-end office environment.

An old PC would suffice. Look for old secondhand workstation PCs. You're bound to find something with a dual core processor, 1GB RAM and ~70GB HDD for a couple hundred bucks. People love to get rid of them, and nobody really wants to buy them.

 

[morkhans]

More like overkill. That would be more for a high-end office environment.

An old PC would suffice. Look for old secondhand workstation PCs. You're bound to find something with a dual core processor, 1GB RAM and ~70GB HDD for a couple hundred bucks. People love to get rid of them, and nobody really wants to buy them.

I'd call that SME sized, but that's just me

Yes, let's assign the mission critical task of internet gateway to a second-hand PC. When it blows up the collective time lost in office productivity would have more than paid for something new.

 

[PsyWulf]

As mentioned,Draytek Vigors for place-and-forget setups. PFSense and PC if you're feeling more experimental

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

More like overkill. That would be more for a high-end office environment.

An old PC would suffice. Look for old secondhand workstation PCs. You're bound to find something with a dual core processor, 1GB RAM and ~70GB HDD for a couple hundred bucks. People love to get rid of them, and nobody really wants to buy them.

It's all about stability and reliability. When it comes to the internet that's pretty important to me

 

[giggity]

Yes, let's assign the mission critical task of internet gateway to a second-hand PC. When it blows up the collective time lost in office productivity would have more than paid for something new.

PCs don't blow up they just thermal throttle down The most faulty part of a second-hand PC would be the HDD -- since they are so fragile -- so you'd need a new one, but, other than that, any PC that hasn't been overclocked, and has decent cooling, is easily stable enough for a complex.

It's all about stability and reliability. When it comes to the internet that's pretty important to me

It's quite important to me, too, but I don't think that spending more than 10x what you need for the extra probably 1-2% stability is worth it (unless it comes with one heck of a battery UPS system).

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

It's quite important to me, too, but I don't think that spending more than 10x what you need for the extra probably 1-2% stability is worth it (unless it comes with one heck of a battery UPS system).

Just note that 10K for a business class router is not by any means expensive. You should have seen the prices on some of the Smoothwall stuff I got quoted on.

Out of interest, I dug up the quote for the Smoothwall appliance:

This is from 2013.

 

[racer]

Thanks for all the info, a quick look at all the links provided has already solved my problem. I'll go through them all later to see what else they each do and which will be best for client....

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

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