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What's your network failover solution ? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by uvish66@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I guess my ISP uses some subpar hardware because the connection keeps dropping at peak hours. I want to implement a failover system without having to buy some expensive router which I would not be able to justify with my normal usage.

Wanted to know some other ways how people do it .

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[–] duckwebs@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Edgerouter 4 with 1 Gb symmetric fiber primary and cable 500/20 backup. Network is setup so most media devices that are down-only come through the backup so I have regular verification that it's functioning. Essentially two ports in the house supply separate networks, each with a dedicated outside line, but set up to fail over to the other outside line.

I thought they had completely dropped the Edgerouter line, but I just popped over and it looks like they're actually in stock and reasonably priced. If I had to replace the ER4, I'd probably go to an ER12, which as far as I can tell is an ER4 with a built in switch (the ER4 doesn't act as a switch between ports - each port has its own address space).