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[ILUG] Connection Failover via Tomato Firmware

[ILUG] Connection Failover via Tomato Firmware

Paul Barry pbilug at cutehoor.com
Mon Jan 12 13:42:59 GMT 2009


Steven Kavanagh wrote, On 12/01/09 12:27:
> Does anybody know if this is possible as I can't seem to find any answers to
> it on the Tomato wiki? (Either that or my searching skills aren't up to
> scratch).
> 
> Basically in the new place I've moved into we have a DSL connection (that's
> reliable-ish) and a company installed fixed wireless connection for myself.
> I'm looking to set up a failover between the two connections so that we can
> have a reliable connection 99.9% of the time that is only impervious to a
> power cut.

I use a Linksys RV042 (€137 on dabs) to achieve exactly this - works
well and allows connection sharing too, all configured via web
interface. Not an answer to your specific question, but a painless
solution to your requirement.

pb



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