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redundant webserver - 2 isp

diladiladila
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good evening,

I'm designing a complete redundant webserver so I have

2 sdsl 2Mb connection from 2 isp's - static ip

2 cisco 828 routers - active/passive

2 cisco 2900 catalysts

2 hp dl380 servers - os: windows 2003

What I want is when ISP 1 goes down ISP 2 becomes active and the internet can access my website>

What do I need to do, so the the internet knows my new ip-dns when an ISP or router goes down??

Many thanks for the help

DILA

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travis-dennis_2
Level 7
Level 7

As Vincent mentions you really have to have 2 independant ISPs to even think about making this work. If you don't then more than likely when one link goes down the other will be down as well. That being said If you do get the different providors then I think Linkproff from RadWare will get you what you need w/o having to co-locate your servers.

http://www.radware.com/content/products/lp/default.asp

Take a look and see if this is a fit for you and what you are trying to accomplish.

Hope this helps.

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diladiladila
Level 1
Level 1

and also 2 netscreen-50 firewalls :-))

kr

dila

I've got good news and I've got bad news...

The good news is: What you want to do is documented in Cisco's white paper "Enabling Enterprise Multihoming with Cisco IOS Network Address Translation (NAT)", available at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/iosw/ioft/ionetn/tech/emios_wp.htm

The bad news is: Implementing it won't really do what you want because your settings on DNS cache lifetime will be ignored by large numbers of clients, delaying recovery from whatever you set the lifetime to be (typically 5 minutes) to anywhere from one hour to a full day.

You are also assuming that whenever one DSL line goes down, the other will stay up. Unless your two phone lines are physically diverse, which is extremely rare, this is not a safe assumption.

The cheapest way to get high availability for a web server (and it ain't that cheap, but much cheaper than doing it yourself) is to outsource the job to someone who specializes in providing non-stop web servers from a multiply and diversely connected facility with standby power and all that goes with it.

Even a cut-rate provider like Interland will provide better long-term up-time than your solution, and for about 1/3 of the monthly cost of your second DSL line.

If you want a fighting chance, consider replacing one of the DSL lines with a cable modem (unless both are strung from the same poles) or broadband wireless (if available). Don't forget a UPS and backup generator too, power is just as important as communications, and often even less reliable.

Good luck and have fun!

Vincent C Jones

www.networkingunlimited.com

Thanks for the nice reply!

Will this work in this config

ISP - cisco 828 sdsl router - netscreen-50 - cisco 2950t catalyst - cluster

or do I need another cisco between router and firewall?

kr

dimi