Re: Multiple Default Gateways for Failover Redundancy

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Hello Christos,

Do not assign multiple default gateways to a client. Use Dual port routers for that.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159168

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157025

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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hello,

we have two internet lines coming into our office from two different
providers.
i want to utilize both lines in order to create some form of failover
redundancy.
my idea was to use two routers with different LAN IPs (on the same
subnet).
- ISP line 1 --> Router 1 --> 192.168.1.1 (LAN default gateway 1)
- ISP line 2 --> Router 2 --> 192.168.1.2 (LAN default gateway 2)
then give each computer two default gateways.
this way if one of the connections is down, the other one will be
used:
is this a realistic approach?
I have read so many contradicting opinions I don't know what to
believe!
our LAN has Win2003/2008 and WinXP
there is only one LAN, not multiple LANs or fancy routing etc.
thanks
christos


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