Hi Gerhard,
I just received my swanky ALIX2C.1 frm Netgate (netgate.com) . This is
an AMD Geode board with 3 ethernet ports and some other minimalist
interface, along with a case and power supplies. It doesn't come with
software, but there are a number of linux router distributions that
are readily usable for it. The board was $120, the whole kit $170. If
you're going to roll your own, that might be the best way to go. You
could allocate the ports so that 1 and 2 each go to a WAN/modem, and
the third one goes to your internal switch/hub/what have you. Then you
can just run some load balancing or something on the board and you
should be all set.
Regards,
- Marcel

On Feb 9, 2008 2:13 PM, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm in the situation of having two broadband ISPs available here (cable and
> ADSL), which both are at times really unreliable. So I thought of signing
> up with both and set up a router that automatically routes the more
> important packets through the WAN port where the traffic is best. Is
> something like this possible, with reasonable expense and effort?
>
> "More important packets" are for example VoIP (YIM, Skype, SIP) and PPTP.
>
> I'm not a network engineer, nor am I Cisco certified :) But I think I could
> set up a Linux system and configure relevant software with some help for
> what I should look, for example. (Even though that would be my first Linux
> system that I set up...)
>
> At this point I'm open for all suggestions, because I really don't have a
> clue of the complexity of this.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerhard
>
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