Twin Wan Routers

Now that bandwidth is finally coming down in price to where it is feasable to have two internet connections running into your home or office, what do you use to build a redundant internet connection? You will need what is called a Twin WAN router. There are many twin wan routers on the market, but some of the best currently on the market are made by Cisco and Xincom. We are all familiar with Cisco and their products really don't need much review or explanation, if you can afford them, you should buy them. There is another company that has specialized in the production of these twin WAN routers that will not only allow for a seamless, redundant internet connection by using two broadband connections (ie: DSL, cable modem, T1, etc), but it will also allow you to aggregate these connections by using a download manager. If you don't know what a download manager is, it is a piece of software that will help you to dowload large files more efficiently. I will not get into the technical reasons why it does that, but suffice it to say that in this case it can allow you to get a full aggregation of both of your internet lines. This is pretty cool. The best part is that the cheapest Xincom Twin WAN router is less than $100. The firmware on the router is top notch and allows for some pretty sophisticated configuation, network monitoring, and VPN setups. I have one on the way right now.