firewall load balance question

[gunnar2300]

If anyone can help me with a firewall load balance question.
I need to load balance two DSL (static IP) lines on the upload.
Basically I need to increase the speed when someone is downloading for the FTP server from outside the office.
The most Verizon is offering us is 768K on the upload so if I am able to combine two lines I would be at around 1.5M Upload and that should do it.
I know I can do this with an expensive enterprise class load balancer but was hoping that some can suggest a product under $800 that would help me for the job.

Many thanks,

[The Wise Monkey]

First of all, no names please - we aim to keep this forum advertisement free.

Secondly, are you talking about load balancing or line aggregating? Load balancing is having two separate lines going into the same router, but they are still separate lines. As such, you can download separate files on each line, but only up to a maximum of (in your case) 768k on each line. If this is what you mean, you just need a router that supports dual WAN inputs.

What I think that you are talking about is line aggregation, which allows you to combine both lines into one big pipe i.e. combines two 768k lines into one 1.5mbps line. This costs a lot of money, and requires specialist equipment all over the place, so would be way out of your budget.

For load balancing (two separate lines kept as two separate lines) you would only need a router with two WAN ports, as almost all of them offer some form of load balancing. Newegg stocks a few of these kind of routers:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000028%201138610150&Description=router&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

Hope that helps. :)