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Larry63 · 04-05-2008, 01:21 PM

I will be in the process of setting up a triple WAN Router from PePLink for my home office. I currently have a cable modem (from Comcast); DSL from Earthlink and I also have Sprint wireless broadband service for when I travel.

How did I get to this point is long story. I originally was very happy with my Adelphia cable modem but the service degraded so bad that it was just barely faster than dial-up. I switched to Bellsouth DSL service, but they were so inept I was almost tempted to go back to Adelphia. That was when I found out through DSLreports that I could switch to Earthlink DSL, that was back in 1999. I was satisfied with my DSL from Earthlink (even though Bellsouth seemed to screwup the service every once in a while). My wife works from home and needs reliable broadband service. Whenever the DSL would go down she would give me a hard time about it.
Two years ago I started tele-commuting from home and my company wanted me to get a second DSL line, I figured it would be better to get a different type of broadband service. If one DSL line would go down wouldn't both go down at the same time????
So I got Comcast Cable modem and figured that if one service went down at least the other should still be up. We got the wireless service from Sprint when we started to travel more often and needed to stay connected by laptop.

So right now I have two independent networks running at home and three different broadband services, if one goes down we can switch to one of the other two we have.

Inefficient to be sure, so I am getting the following triple WAN router to have triple redundant broadband service on a single network, now we will be able to share all the resources including printers, scanners, USB hubs, etc: PePLink Balance 300 (see link below)

http://www.peplink.com/products/balance-200-300/

I know it will take some time to get everything setup correctly, but I am sure it will be worth it in the long run.

I will report my results, when I can.

04-05-2008, 01:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Larry63 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Delray Beach, Florida Posts: 5 OS: XP SP2	Re: Recommended Multiple WAN router and setup I will be in the process of setting up a triple WAN Router from PePLink for my home office. I currently have a cable modem (from Comcast); DSL from Earthlink and I also have Sprint wireless broadband service for when I travel. How did I get to this point is long story. I originally was very happy with my Adelphia cable modem but the service degraded so bad that it was just barely faster than dial-up. I switched to Bellsouth DSL service, but they were so inept I was almost tempted to go back to Adelphia. That was when I found out through DSLreports that I could switch to Earthlink DSL, that was back in 1999. I was satisfied with my DSL from Earthlink (even though Bellsouth seemed to screwup the service every once in a while). My wife works from home and needs reliable broadband service. Whenever the DSL would go down she would give me a hard time about it. Two years ago I started tele-commuting from home and my company wanted me to get a second DSL line, I figured it would be better to get a different type of broadband service. If one DSL line would go down wouldn't both go down at the same time???? So I got Comcast Cable modem and figured that if one service went down at least the other should still be up. We got the wireless service from Sprint when we started to travel more often and needed to stay connected by laptop. So right now I have two independent networks running at home and three different broadband services, if one goes down we can switch to one of the other two we have. Inefficient to be sure, so I am getting the following triple WAN router to have triple redundant broadband service on a single network, now we will be able to share all the resources including printers, scanners, USB hubs, etc: PePLink Balance 300 (see link below) http://www.peplink.com/products/balance-200-300/ I know it will take some time to get everything setup correctly, but I am sure it will be worth it in the long run. I will report my results, when I can. __________________ Larry63 Last edited by Larry63; 04-05-2008 at 01:22 PM.