Internet failover option - Dual WAN router

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Im looking at options for internet failover. I want to endup with 2 different internet connection by different providers (DSL and Cable) setup so that if one goes down the other will automatically take over. The best option I know of is a dual WAN router.

1) Is there a better option than a dual WAN router?

2) If not, whats a good router to use? I dont want to spend a ton of cash but I also dont want to buy something thats going to cause me issues later on.

Thanks for any info you can give!
 
There are a lot of routers that support dual wan, or you can use a UTM like untangle and support dual wan.

I normally use the Cisco ASA's to do dual wan, i like being able to customize my IP SLA's
 
Are you wanting dual WAN for failover purposes, speed, what exactly?
 
I've been having great success with Cradlepoint routers.

Look up the MBR1200 and MBR1400 models.

I really like how smooth the failover is. When a connection goes down it switches within 3-5 seconds.

Lots of options, VPN support and has a great GUI.
 
LoStMaTt said:
Do the Sonicwalls still require licenses or CALs?
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Depends on for what. Standard setup is unlimited users once you register it. You need cals for things like extra ssl or global vpn licenses.

OP is this for home, business, what? As others have said the cisco 891 and asa's do this, as Fortigate and pretty much any other business router. The sonicwall's web interface makes it pretty easy to setup and I'd say has less of a learning curve then say the cisco if you don't have the experience.

For a home user though you have much cheaper options.
 
Thanks for the replies. This is for home use, failover is the only thing needed. SSL, VPN, etc are not needed.
 
I ran this TP-Link TL-R470T+ at home for awhile and it worked fairly well and was cheap. http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-R4...Configurable/dp/B005SYQBN8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 You can read my thread about it here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1668477 Note that the NAT issue mentioned in the last post has been fixed in the latest revision of the product. You can thank me for contacting their support on that one.

It comes down to how much power do you need? If you are looking for quick, easy, set-it-and-forget-it setup, the TP-Link might be a good choice. If you want more configureability and have the time/know-how to set up one of the other suggested solutions, then they may be a better option.
 
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I've used the TP-Link Dual-WAN (Actually multi-WAN) and liked it. I typically use pfSense for MultiWAN. You can do load-balancing fail-over or just straight fail-over.
Check your fail-over triggers on potential devices- is it just upon target unreachable, or upon slow ping, or some other metric. If your gateway only fails on link down, and you have excessive loss or a connection to the next hop, the gateway will not fail-over.
 
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