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Posted by Eirik Seim on November 29, 2004, 7:30 pm
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On 29 Nov 2004 11:14:40 -0800, Ned Hart wrote:
> Hello
>
> I recently purchased the Twin Wan XC-DPG503 from xincom.com. Set up
> was easy and I was doing session based load balancing and failover
> with my ADSL and Cable modem internet connections right out of the box
> with a few minor modifications.
>
> The problems started when one particular application called ILX which
> provides realtime information on stocks, would not work. I contacted
> ILX support and they gave me a PDF with a bunch of ports to open.
> Only problem was that the DPG503 did not have anyplace to open ports
> for all PC's except for a screen called "Special Applications". I
> entered the information and it still didn't work, and then I read that
> only one PC at a time can use special applications. I have 5 PC's.
> That's when I turned on transparent bridging, this was supposed to
> bypass the firewall features of DPG503. Still, no luck. BTW, ILX
> works fine with a simple router.
>
> So, does anyone know of a router that supports failover for cable
> modem and ADSL and does not use a firewall or has a firewall that can
> be completely disabled? Load balancing would be nice, but I can live
> without it.
Funny, you're actually asking for a router _without any firewall_,
in comp.security.firewalls? :)
You should have a look at Cisco's modular routers. I'm not sure if
you can get an interface for your cable modem, but I wouldn't be
surprised. I know I can put ADSL interfaces in my 1720s at least.
Maybe ethernet is all you need for the cable modem?
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