"Robert Paris" <rpjava@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:452f6537.0401160804.2e514ec6@posting.google.c om...
> Is it possible to configure a router so it's hooked to two servers and
> have it either:
>
> 1. Send requests to one server unless that one doesn't respond, and
> then automatically switch over?
>
> Is this possible for all routers currently used by the top hosting
> services?
>
> 2. Send requests to two (or more) servers at once? i.e. duplicate the
> requests and send to all connected servers?
>
>
> I want something like this:
>
>
> Router
> |
> ------------------
> | |
> Server 1 Server 2

Yes to both, but not with low-end h/w. Contact a Cisco or HP hardware
dealer and shuffle your credit cards.

JW