Re: simple website need redundant internet connection

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

Basically all a small shop can do is to change their external DNS entry to
point to the IP of their backup provider.

Assuming a simple setup with a firewall that supports two WAN connections,
the only other thing I've had to do is unplug the primary WAN from the
firewall so that the firewall knows it's down.  Otherwise, it keeps trying
to send data out the primary since the firewall can only tell that the
connection to the modem is good.  It can't tell that the connection out of
the modem is down.

Charles


On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:13 PM, midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is in case primary route not working.
>
> How does one do this in a "simple network".
>
> Co-lo not an option. Not a problem to have 2 providers.
>
> One web site www.xyz.com <http://www.xyz.com>
>
> DNS is external to local network.
>
> System does have 2 ethernet ports. V7R1
>
> This could be a manual turn off/on equipment or ??
>
> They just had a 24 hr outage from existing provider.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
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