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Dual wan routers for fail over and load balancing (inbound & outbound)
May 31, 2006
I was looking for dual wan routers. My aim was to find one that allows me to use my two ISP connections - one DSL and the other cable. I wanted to use the two WAN connections as fail over and also for load balancing. The dual wan routers I considered were:
1. Xincom XC - DPG 602 - yet to evaluate fully, but currently my favourite.
2. SonicWall TZ 170 with Enhanced OS - Does not support inbound load balancing
3. HotBricks LB-2 - Does not support inbound load balancing
4. Edimax BR-6524
5. Linksys RV042 - No SMTP binding
6. Peplink Balance 200
7. Netgear FVS 124G
You need to be careful while choosing a dual wan router. It is often very difficult to find out whether the device supports both inbound and outbound load balancing. For example, for the SonicWall TZ170, I really had to dig and find the fine print in order to ascertain that the device does NOT support inbound load balancing.
Update:
Here's a review that I found helpful:
http://www.amdpower.com/sections.php4?op=viewarticle&artid=103
Posted by liveit at May 31, 2006 10:10 PM