[Klug-general] Using a second ADSL line for failover

[Colin McCarthy]

On 12 March 2010 14:05, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
> I have two ADSL lines.
>
> On the same Subnet
>
> I have a linux box running squid that operats as a firewall to my main network.
>
> I would like to set it up so if one fails, the other one takes over.
> and ideally if they are both working some of the load can be shared
> between both of them. I relies that I might end up with half the
> internet using one ADSL line and the other half using the other, but
> thats better than nothing.
>
> I'm thing ping scripts and a series of if add default gw requests when
> things go wrong.... but is there a better way.

Sounds like a job for http://www.pfsense.com/
My Bro-in-Law uses it to do fail over and I think load balancing.

Colin