Hi Mentors,
I have currently a Cisco 3600 router, it has three interfaces (all ethernet interfaces only).
We being a client, our requirement is, we want two links one being the primary and one secondary for the failover.
My ISP has done certain configurations, but I am so puzzled what really has been done. I asked with them and they told that
they have provided us one public IP 202.166.217.248 via Fibre--> Media Converter-->Ethernet 0/0.
At the same time, they have given us a pool of addresses of the network 202.166.216.48/29 through the interface Ethernet 2/1.
And we have used all the available public IPs in the server farm.
They have told that, for the failover purpose via wireless, they have even used an IP address 202.166.213.114/25.
Now, where my confusion lies is, cant they provide the pool address via fibre?
What is the significance of the ip that has been provided via fibre? What actually is its purpose?
Isn't it consuming an extra interface ?
Cant we have both the primary and secondary link excluding that one additional process?
Or, am not understanding the real working mechanism how ISP distribute the internet??
Hoping for favourable responses from you mentors
Regards,
Ganesh Dhungana
