Cisco 1841 SHDSL and ADSL

[rasoftware]

I am proposing for a customer to buy a Cisco 1841 with Advanced IOS with 2 WIC cards, one for SDSL main pipe and a second WIC card for ADSL backup. I would like them to load balance in normal use and switch over to either if one fails. Is this possible and whats the best way of doing it? Static routes?

[thisisshanky]

I would suggest static default routes as the best way to achieve load balancing (only outbound).

[rasoftware]

Would static routes allow me to load balance or just failover? With an equal metric do they load balance?

[rasoftware]

Am i gaining anything using and 1841 with ADSL & SDSL WICs against a 1803 with SDSL int and external DSL modem? The cost differnce is significant.

[tcordier]

Hi,

two static routes will automatically load-balance. You could use them in primary / backup mode by changing the administrative distance of one of the two static routes.

The 1803 is an option as long as you do not need a FE interface for your LAN. In that case, you can load balance - again with static routes - over the SDSL and Ethernet interface.

HTH, Thomas

[ckcheon79]

Does anyone knows the configuration using 2nd FE interface for SHDSL?