Load Balancing over cheap hardware???

Hi,
I don't know if the subject is set right or no!
here is what I have and what I intend to do!


I have a simple office which has 20 comps and they all have to use
internet to and only plain simple internet no VPNs or any carp of that



sort.


Now here is what I am doing right now I have one ISP cable and that
comes on one computer which use ICS to distribute the internet to the
other pcs.


Everything is fine everything works great but the catch is that my isp
has a download limit..after which it charges on per mb basis. Well
thats normal but I am a poor man...Ok now ... the solution I am using
... I got another ISP.. so when one ISP limit is done I use the other
one..
here is the example


isp A -- gives 150mb download free per day --so if the speed of 256kbps



is used the entire quota is downloaded within 2 1/2 hrs.


isp B-gives unlimited download free per day BUT the max speed is only
96kbps.


My requirement is to merge both isps into one, so thhe isp A 150mb on
64kbps
will work for 10 hrs and isp B unlimited download will be there for the
entire day and I will get a speed of 96+64 kbps == that is roughly good
as 256kbps.


Now both of the isps use the private ips at my end 10.0.*.* and
192.168.*.* and I don't have a public ip.


I am looking for a cheap solution ... platform win XP


Please advice..

Once again Dumbhead, this is not simple and there is no solution.

"DumbHead" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I don't know if the subject is set right or no!
> here is what I have and what I intend to do!
>
>
> I have a simple office which has 20 comps and they all have to use
> internet to and only plain simple internet no VPNs or any carp of that
>
>
>
> sort.
>
>
> Now here is what I am doing right now I have one ISP cable and that
> comes on one computer which use ICS to distribute the internet to the
> other pcs.
>
>
> Everything is fine everything works great but the catch is that my isp
> has a download limit..after which it charges on per mb basis. Well
> thats normal but I am a poor man...Ok now ... the solution I am using
> .. I got another ISP.. so when one ISP limit is done I use the other
> one..
> here is the example
>
>
> isp A -- gives 150mb download free per day --so if the speed of 256kbps
>
>
>
> is used the entire quota is downloaded within 2 1/2 hrs.
>
>
> isp B-gives unlimited download free per day BUT the max speed is only
> 96kbps.
>
>
> My requirement is to merge both isps into one, so thhe isp A 150mb on
> 64kbps
> will work for 10 hrs and isp B unlimited download will be there for the
> entire day and I will get a speed of 96+64 kbps == that is roughly good
> as 256kbps.
>
>
> Now both of the isps use the private ips at my end 10.0.*.* and
> 192.168.*.* and I don't have a public ip.
>
>
> I am looking for a cheap solution ... platform win XP
>
>
> Please advice..
>

Configure multiple gateways on the ICS pc and hire someone to sit there and
watch traffic usage..when the limit is met tell them to pull the plug on ISP
1's equipment....

The only solution would be to get rid of the ISP with the limit and go only
use the one that doesnt have a limit...

psg

"Neteng" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Once again Dumbhead, this is not simple and there is no solution.
>
> "DumbHead" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>> Hi,
>> I don't know if the subject is set right or no!
>> here is what I have and what I intend to do!
>>
>>
>> I have a simple office which has 20 comps and they all have to use
>> internet to and only plain simple internet no VPNs or any carp of that
>>
>>
>>
>> sort.
>>
>>
>> Now here is what I am doing right now I have one ISP cable and that
>> comes on one computer which use ICS to distribute the internet to the
>> other pcs.
>>
>>
>> Everything is fine everything works great but the catch is that my isp
>> has a download limit..after which it charges on per mb basis. Well
>> thats normal but I am a poor man...Ok now ... the solution I am using
>> .. I got another ISP.. so when one ISP limit is done I use the other
>> one..
>> here is the example
>>
>>
>> isp A -- gives 150mb download free per day --so if the speed of 256kbps
>>
>>
>>
>> is used the entire quota is downloaded within 2 1/2 hrs.
>>
>>
>> isp B-gives unlimited download free per day BUT the max speed is only
>> 96kbps.
>>
>>
>> My requirement is to merge both isps into one, so thhe isp A 150mb on
>> 64kbps
>> will work for 10 hrs and isp B unlimited download will be there for the
>> entire day and I will get a speed of 96+64 kbps == that is roughly good
>> as 256kbps.
>>
>>
>> Now both of the isps use the private ips at my end 10.0.*.* and
>> 192.168.*.* and I don't have a public ip.
>>
>>
>> I am looking for a cheap solution ... platform win XP
>>
>>
>> Please advice..
>>
>
>

Hi,
Thank you all for the reply
but it seems to me that you guys have never heard about load balancing
or any of that kind of stuff.
This is a very simple issue and the hardware solutions are available
exp -- Linksys router RV082, RV042, Netgear router FVX538
however I am looking for a better soultion on win 32 enviornment.
Regards

Your not load balancing. Your asking for *something* to monitor the amount
of data downloaded from one ISP then when it reaches a certain threshold to
dynamically reroute traffic to the other ISP. That has nothing to do with
load balancing. A lot of us have experience with load balancing,
unfortunately you don't understand it what it is.

From webopedia-

Load Balance: Distributing processing and communications activity evenly
across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. Load
balancing is especially important for networks where it's difficult to
predict the number of requests that will be issued to a server. Busy Web
sites typically employ two or more Web servers in a load balancing scheme.
If one server starts to get swamped, requests are forwarded to another
server with more capacity. Load balancing can also refer to the
communications channels themselves.

If you wanted to load balance your connections across your two ISP's with
out regard to tracking downloaded data, then fine. But what your asking is
not possible (yet).



"DumbHead" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Thank you all for the reply
> but it seems to me that you guys have never heard about load balancing
> or any of that kind of stuff.
> This is a very simple issue and the hardware solutions are available
> exp -- Linksys router RV082, RV042, Netgear router FVX538
> however I am looking for a better soultion on win 32 enviornment.
> Regards
>

----My requirement is to merge both isps into one, so thhe isp A 150mb
on
64kbps will work for 10 hrs and isp B unlimited download will be there
for the
entire day and I will get a speed of 96+64 kbps == that is roughly good

as 256kbps.

well, thanx for the reply --here is the actual text and my actual issue
I AM LOOKING FOR THE LOAD BALANCING forget about the data download that
was to make the story interesting.....
Any new suggestions?????