Dual WAN router

I have an extra box sitting around (700mhz Celeron, 256meg ram), and I
am getting a second internet connection (DSL, and Wireless DSL), and
would like to combine them together. The original wireless connection
has a static IP address, and I still need to be able to get into my
home network via Huey (a remote control program), via the original
static IP.

What would be the easiest way of doing this?

On 30 Jun 2005 10:16:51 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I have an extra box sitting around (700mhz Celeron, 256meg ram), and I
>am getting a second internet connection (DSL, and Wireless DSL), and
>would like to combine them together. The original wireless connection
>has a static IP address, and I still need to be able to get into my
>home network via Huey (a remote control program), via the original
>static IP.
>
>What would be the easiest way of doing this?

You cannot actually "combine" these because one or the other of the
connections will refuse packets that have the wrong IP. Well, that's
an oversimplification, but hopefully it gets the idea across. You can
use both, one at a time.

Put two NICs into the computer, making sure they have different
chipsets. Connect each to its respective external connection. If one
needs DHCP, read up on it because, unless you override it, DHCP will
trash your /etc/resolv.conf.

For routing help, google and the LARTC mailing list are your friends.

There are examples and links, Etc. here:
http://yesican.chsoft.biz/lartc
ftp://andthatsjazz.org/pub/lartc

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buck