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Router that supports 2 adsl broadband connections

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rmit

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Hi Members,
I am after a adsl router which can support 2 adsl broadband connection at the same time. I was advised about Draytech Vigor 2830n but wasnt sure it had 2 adsl ports in it. i have 2 existing broadband routers separately that link into the network firewall. But the existing broadband routers have been very temperamental of late. So though it was time to replace it with a new unit. My existing broadband connections both have static ip addresses. thanks
 
Vigor 2830 is capable of multi-WAN (multiple independent internet connections), but it only has a single DSL modem in it. The second WAN port is simply Ethernet, which you then connect to any other service, be it a second DSL modem, cable modem or anything.

Cisco 1921 Dual ADSL Load Balancing/Failover?

I did some quick searching, but can't find any off-the-shelf devices. As you can see above it is possible with modular stuff like Cisco, but it's probably not the price you're expecting. From the hits I got, people run separate DSL lines on separate modems, and connect them to a multi-WAN gateway that fits their needs via Ethernet.
 
rmit said:
Hi Members,
I am after a adsl router which can support 2 adsl broadband connection at the same time. I was advised about Draytech Vigor 2830n but wasnt sure it had 2 adsl ports in it. i have 2 existing broadband routers separately that link into the network firewall. But the existing broadband routers have been very temperamental of late. So though it was time to replace it with a new unit. My existing broadband connections both have static ip addresses. thanks
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The Asus RT-ac68u\w\r\p and AC87 both support dual wan. A few of their other models support is as well.

http://www.techpoy.com/2014/11/asus-rt-ac68u-dual-wan-set-up.html
 
If you do not have two DSL Modems with Ethernet output (no routing) you need something like this:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386730,00.asp

If you do have two pure Modems, you can use something like the Asus mentioned above.

No matter what make sure that what ever you call Modem is Not actually a Modem/Router combo an your arrangement creates Double NAT which can be the cause of the current Instability as well.


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JackMDS said:
If you do not have two DSL Modems with Ethernet output (no routing) you need something like this:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386730,00.asp

If you do have two pure Modems, you can use something like the Asus mentioned above.

No matter what make sure that what ever you call Modem is Not actually a Modem/Router combo an your arrangement creates Double NAT which can be the cause of the current Instability as well.


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I'd echo that. Make sure that makes sense.

I believe in some DSL Modem routers you can turn the routing function off and have it simply act as a modem by putting the dsl/router into bridge mode and then sending it's feed into your broadband router.


If that side of the equation is good and you have 2 WAN coming in i'd recommend using the Edge Router Lite. It's under $100 bux, can be configured to have two WAN inputs with load balance for those 2 WAN ports and the third port can be used as the routing interface and can then run your network when sent to a switch.

It has 3 Gigabit Ports. So eth0 would be the DSL input 1, eth1 DSL input 2. (set to load balance these)

And eth2 would be setup be the LAN port.

The Edgerouter lite does not have switch functionality, it has 3 configurable gigabit ports.



2 DSL Modems ----> EdgeRouter Lite ----> Switch ----> (Devices/Wifi AP's)
 
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I am really looking for a solution where 2 POTS lines can be plugged into a single hardware. I am not sure if anything like that has been out yet
 
rmit said:
I am really looking for a solution where 2 POTS lines can be plugged into a single hardware. I am not sure if anything like that has been out yet
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It does exist, you'll just be paying >$1,000 for it as it is enterprise gear.

You are pretty much stuck with two different modems plugged in to a dual WAN router.
 
matricks in the second post gave you the solution.

http://www.advanteco.com/cisco1921-k9-router.html?gclid=CNL59NuS9sICFUQV7Aod_REAbw

Price $550.

So the issue is Rather simple. Would you pay few hundred $$ to sabe on one plastic Box, with an Old design wire only Router.

Or, you can have for hundreds less two Plastic Boxes and a nice Wireless Router.

DSL is a Dying technology and thus inexpensive quality hardware is Not designed and sold for it any more.




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That's $550 for the "enclosure" and then some, but you still have to buy two Cisco DSL modules for it to fit your needs. From what I could dig up the EHWIC DSL modules that fit the 1900 series runs at $400 a piece.

If you don't need ADSL2+ or VDSL2, you could look into the Cisco 2800 series (1800 series exist, but only have single WAN module slot). The HWIC ADSL modules (EHWIC slot on newer routers like x900, HWIC slots on older routers like x800) seem to be cheaper, if you can find them. They only support up to ADSL2 (12 Mbps downstream).
 
If my brief research is correct, you can use two ADSL2+ HWICs in the Cisco 1841 ($30 on eBay, plus ~$160 each for the HWICs). If you need Gbit ports to the LAN, the 3825 (~$180) has two Gbit ports and should support the HWICs as well.

Not exactly cheap, but it should get the job done.
 
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