CodeStore.net comments on "How To: Virgin Media + BT Infinity = Reliable Internet Connection?"

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:13:45 -0500

Like I didn't have enough to keep me awake at night ;-)

Reply from harkpabst_meliantrop

harkpabst_meliantrop — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:06:06 -0500

From my point of view, you nailed it. Over the top for private users, but spot on for your business.

A single point of failure could be me, walking up to your home's door, cutting both cables in the dark of the night ... :-P

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:50:00 -0500

No hosting here. No incoming traffic allowed (I hope!).

If I were though then I think the Draykek can cope. There's a million settings I've never even dared touch.

Reply from Adam

Adam — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:48:01 -0500

One interesting aspect to this is for incoming connections. Do you host anything or have any port forwardings set up, and what options does the Draytek give you there?

Unfortunately you can't have failover for incoming connections, but if both sides have fixed IPs then you could use DNS failover.

Reply from Aaron Hardin

Aaron Hardin — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:02:02 -0500

Nice article Jake!

Reply from Jerry Carter

Jerry Carter — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:51:47 -0500

Nice explanation and high-level guide for DIY.

I don't think you're crazy. I see parallels here between what you're doing and what bigger companies with up-time criticality are doing. If anything you're proving that high-reliability can be had relatively cheap. Thanks for the detailed plan of action.

Reply from Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:55:54 -0500