<p>You may want to look at a simple OpenBSD machine rather than a Linux box. Namely for pf, and optionally carp if you want physical ha for the machine.</p>
<p>Equal cost multipath routing is fairly easy in linux, although doing automatic failover requires a fairly simple external script.. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 29, 2013 7:11 AM, "Mike Pfaiffer" <<a href="mailto:high.res.mike@gmail.com">high.res.mike@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 13-03-29 05:41 AM, Hartmut W Sager wrote:<br>
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I'm also somewhat interested in hearing about other related solutions<br>
(like a separate computer with multiple NIC's for multi-WAN, and special<br>
Linux, acting as a router)if no suitable router exists (or if such a<br>
router costs too much). Hmmm, Raspberry Pi just has one network port,<br>
right?<br>
<br>
Hartmut Sager<br>
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I haven't investigated it but I think IPCop might be a good solution here. This would be more the reverse of what was the intended purpose but it should work. An older computer should suffice in terms of hardware. Although if you pick up one at Syrotech, the RER store in Selkirk, or anywhere else (I only know of the two places selling them) there may be an issue with bad capacitors. At the Lab we have seen about a 25% replacement rate because of them. Mostly in the Dell 270 and 280 lines. OTOH, when the machines do work they work really well.<br>
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Later<br>
Mike<br>
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