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SysAdmin: Redundant Internet Connections Using Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2002

“With the advent of high-speed Internet links from
Internet Service Providers (ISPs), it’s easier for users to host
services on their home computers. But what happens when your ISP
connection goes down? An obvious solution is to have a redundant
Internet connection from another ISP. To help set up a Linux host
with redundant Internet connections, this article covers the
following essentials:

  1. Configuring the host to properly handle inbound network
    connections from multiple ISPs
  2. Load-balancing outbound network connections
  3. Configuring various services to enable redundancy
  4. Configuring firewall protection using ipchains or
    iptables”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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