Hi all I am a small business user running my IT infrastructure on Whitebox linux (RHEL3 clone), with ADSL connectivity with a static ip, using the ipcop firewall gateway (www.ipcop.org). I run my own web/mail server as my website usage is not much and I cannot afford to lease a dedicated server on the net, and leasing a shared server...I lose control. My DSL is prone to frequent outages and therefore I need a backup link. Also, my DSL provider charges very high for usage, therefore I want a lower cost connection. Now in my area I have only one option for each requirement. Another DSL provider who charges as high as the first one, but can be an alternate provider, though issues dynamic iIPs only...this would do for back up connection. There's another cable ISP (ethernet to home) that provides flat-rate asscess but issues private IPs 172.16.x.x & 10.x.x.x and has a NAT machine that does the address translation and has less that quarter the speed of other two providers. He is not willing to give a live ip, even on extra charge. Now, I want to connect three DSL's to my Internet gateway (ipcop machine...again as I already have three LAN cards..no more slots left), using one ethernet card connected to a four port switch where I can terminate both the DSLs & cable internet connection. And to give two static IPs (one public, one private) and one dynamic IP to my ethernet card on the WAN side, using something like nexthop given in the LARTC howto Is this type os scenario: 1. Possible? 2. Easily maintainable? Especially on top an existing firewall distro, that can be tweaked...maybe ipcop or some other, so that I don't have to individually keep up with all the security updates that are bound to come. Suggestions on any firewall gateway distro that would be more amenable to any such solution that is suggested. Or do I have to do it fully? 3. Secure? Please give some comments & pointers, with web URLs for further reading. Also, I would like to bifurcate traffic, especially downloads using ftp, rsync (and if possible http downloads too) to go through the private ip flat rate link. Something that seperates traffic by ports. Request routing Gurus help me please. Am on a shoestring budget and can't afford commercial hardware solutions that offer this kind of functionality, IAC..don't even know of one that is specifically for low-cost DSL usage. With best regards. Sanjay. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc
