Hi all I need to use three 512 kbps aDSL internet connections, in a load-sharing, link-failover scenario. Presently I am using Ipcop with a single DSL. Now, I seem to have two options...one..an Edimax quad wan port adsl router, with firewalling and NAT and second install a minimal linux distro for routing...something on the lines of LARTC....and keep NATTING, IDS & Firewalling on the linux box, so that I can manage IDS/IPS slowly as I learn to do. However, I presently don't have the skill for a good LARTC multi-ISP implementation. Therefore, I am thinking of getting the Edimax router, provided I can keep the Natting, Firewalling & IDS at the Linux Gateway Server and giving over the load-sharing & failover function to the Edimax quad port adsl router or any other equipment suggested by the list (low budget please). Will I be losing my functionality in firewalling & IDS, if I use such a product? Or should I use a managed switch (not available less than 8 ports) and connect three different adsl routers or use a multi-port ethernet card and connect three different adsl routers...last two seem the same to me, as I will have to implement some sort of LARTC/iproute2 functionality by hit & trial and learning, while holding off the implementation. Can someone please suggest a solution that can decrease the birthing pains of this project ;-) Can someone suggest a canned script on LARTC lines or similar that can provide me load-sharing & link-failover facility, while I learn the subject, just like IPcop did for Natting, firewalling & IDS, while I learned the features. Haven't got to traffic-shaping as yet, but have tested a minimal fedora with own iptables scripts. Hope that this list will steer me in the right direction, like it always has. With best regards. Sanjay.