Point-topoint link bonding

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amalsp

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Hi,

I have two point-to-point link between two factories and would like to bond/aggregate both to form a single link which will give some sort of fail over protection. A vendor suggested the Edimax Multi-Homing Broadband Router 2xWAN, 4xLAN (BR-6624). I am not sure if this will work as I cannot find any information in the documentation to support my requirement. Can anyone confirm whether this will work suggest a product that will suit me.

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Amal
 
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There are many solution to this if you were to use commercial routers. It also depends on what you mean "point to point" and the type of interface they deliver on.

If it is some form of phone line like a t1 or e1 you could use a router on each end that had 2 connection and bond them with something like multilink ppp. If these are ethernet connections it depends if they are layer 2 or layer 3. If they are layer 2 you could use simple switches and spanning tree or you could use layer 2 port bonding ie 802.3ad. If they are layer 3 you could use a routing protocol.

A router very similar to the one you mention is a cisco rv042. These are meant to share internet but you could put on on both ends. Cisco tends to have better...
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No idea if that suggested router is what you need but what you need is a router on both sides that support load-balancing so they'll use both links when available then when one fails automatically switch to the one that is working (might be good to run a simple RIP between both routers so it will update their routing tables).

 
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bill001g

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There are many solution to this if you were to use commercial routers. It also depends on what you mean "point to point" and the type of interface they deliver on.

If it is some form of phone line like a t1 or e1 you could use a router on each end that had 2 connection and bond them with something like multilink ppp. If these are ethernet connections it depends if they are layer 2 or layer 3. If they are layer 2 you could use simple switches and spanning tree or you could use layer 2 port bonding ie 802.3ad. If they are layer 3 you could use a routing protocol.

A router very similar to the one you mention is a cisco rv042. These are meant to share internet but you could put on on both ends. Cisco tends to have better documentation than most other vendors. Still you may be better off going with a commercial cisco router on each end they have even more features.
 
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