Re: [cobalt-users] [OT] Dual Homing... How?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I know this isn't Cobalt, but I need quick help and you guys/gals are it...
> (thanks in advance, too!)

I don't think Cobalt will have the answers you're really looking for;
they're NOT Cobalt-specific questions.

> I'm getting my little hosting business off the ground, and I've contracted
> two totally independent links to the Internet. Totally independent means
> different providers, routes, fiber, and even different satellites, which
> makes me happy. Of course, each 256 Kbps link is going to cost me $650 per
> month, so I need to make the best of them.

Redundancy from the beginning?  That's a wonderful start <smile>.

> Now the problem: I need the two links to give me redundancy (and ideally
> load-balancing), but how the heck do I do that?

Very carefully <smile>.

> I *think* I need the following:
> 
> * Buy a router
> * Contact ??? and get my own block of IP addresses
> * Contact ??? and register as an Autonomous System
> * Inform both ISP's of my addresses and set up routes
> * Use BGP or ??? to route and load-balance

Yes to all of these above.  Join the "Internet Access List":

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And ask these questions there.  Welcome to the world of the "real" ISPs
<smile>.

Jeff
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