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I am trying to get a device that will be multihomed for failover
purposes. Lets assume the physical link goes down...this needs to be
able to failover to the secondary uplink. Both uplinks are live at all
times. Should look like this:

LAN
|
############
# ISR Router #
############
/ \
/ \
0000000000 0000000000
0000 000 0000 0000
000 ISP A 000 000 ISP B 000
0000 0000 0000 0000
0000000000 0000000000


What cisco functionality achieves this? I know there is something as I
just read over it in a CCDA book this morning.

Thanks,
Adam

Hi Adam,

You may wish to investigate the article authored by Dr. Vincent C.
Jones:

Multi-Homing--Connecting to Two ISPs

Understand how the availability benefits of multihoming can be achieved
at low cost using relatively simple techniques.

But your multihoming strategy must be carefully planned to ensure that
you actually improve the Internet availability seen by your company.

http://www.awprofessional.com/articl...5cc199d74&rl=1

Profile of Dr. Jones:

http://www.bradreese.com/vincent-c-jones.htm

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
Cisco IOS Software - Compatible Partner Matrix by Technology
http://www.BradReese.Com
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Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803
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BradReese.Com - Global Cisco Systems Pre-Sales Support
http://www.bradreese.com/contact-us.htm#CISCO

There is a newish feature called Optimized Edge Routing which can be
used to load-balance ISP's without implementing BGP:-

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/...er_c/index.htm

James


wrote:
> I am trying to get a device that will be multihomed for failover
> purposes. Lets assume the physical link goes down...this needs to be
> able to failover to the secondary uplink. Both uplinks are live at all
> times. Should look like this:
>
> LAN
> |
> ############
> # ISR Router #
> ############
> / \
> / \
> 0000000000 0000000000
> 0000 000 0000 0000
> 000 ISP A 000 000 ISP B 000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000000000 0000000000
>
>
> What cisco functionality achieves this? I know there is something as I
> just read over it in a CCDA book this morning.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam

James,
That will work perfectly.

Thanks very much!
- Adam
James wrote:
> There is a newish feature called Optimized Edge Routing which can be
> used to load-balance ISP's without implementing BGP:-
>
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/...er_c/index.htm
>
> James
>
>
> wrote:
> > I am trying to get a device that will be multihomed for failover
> > purposes. Lets assume the physical link goes down...this needs to be
> > able to failover to the secondary uplink. Both uplinks are live at all
> > times. Should look like this:
> >
> > LAN
> > |
> > ############
> > # ISR Router #
> > ############
> > / \
> > / \
> > 0000000000 0000000000
> > 0000 000 0000 0000
> > 000 ISP A 000 000 ISP B 000
> > 0000 0000 0000 0000
> > 0000000000 0000000000
> >
> >
> > What cisco functionality achieves this? I know there is something as I
> > just read over it in a CCDA book this morning.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam