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dragon · 01-01-2009, 15:47

I'm getting a 2nd Broadband connection

I can probably borrow a dual wan router to try (Draytek 2820) but if that doesn't balance the connections how I want it to (when I was playing with it seemed to send all traffic to the same destination over the same WAN even when multiple connections where used e.g Segmented HTTP/FTP, but it may be a configuration thing)

then I shall probably look into building a load balancer/firewall.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Optiplex-...3A1|240%3A1318

Something like that would probably do it, as I believe it has 2 pci slots providing I can get some low profile NIC's (Most of them seem to be thesedays anyway it's finding the right brackets that would be more problematic)

Only thing that puts me off using a pc is the running costs.

I'd need to have the PC + 2 DSL modems + wireless AP running pretty much 24/7. Anyone know what that's likely to use in terms of power.

Also anyone care to comment on the spec of the machine, it would most likely be running pfsence.

01-01-2009, 15:47	#1
dragon Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,898	PC for Firewall/Load Balancer I'm getting a 2nd Broadband connection I can probably borrow a dual wan router to try (Draytek 2820) but if that doesn't balance the connections how I want it to (when I was playing with it seemed to send all traffic to the same destination over the same WAN even when multiple connections where used e.g Segmented HTTP/FTP, but it may be a configuration thing) then I shall probably look into building a load balancer/firewall. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-Optiplex-...3A1\|240%3A1318 Something like that would probably do it, as I believe it has 2 pci slots providing I can get some low profile NIC's (Most of them seem to be thesedays anyway it's finding the right brackets that would be more problematic) Only thing that puts me off using a pc is the running costs. I'd need to have the PC + 2 DSL modems + wireless AP running pretty much 24/7. Anyone know what that's likely to use in terms of power. Also anyone care to comment on the spec of the machine, it would most likely be running pfsence.