Using Multiple Static IP's

[Scamper]

We have Internet service from two providers (Fios/Comcast)
Each service includes 5-Static IP address:
xxx.xxx.xxx.10 - 14
yyy.yyy.yyy.100-104

Which connect to our internal LAN:
192.168.1.xxx

I would like to segregate traffic between services, so that that Email traffic is on a different IP from users accessing the Internet.

I would also like to have fail-over from the primary (fios) to secondary (comcast)
(I don't need load balancing, the Fios connection is plenty fast)

My plan is to take a 16-port switch and plug the two Ethernet connections coming from the providers into it.

From there I'll attach:

Watchguard Dual WAN Firewall
Users accessing the Internet
WAN1 Gateway: xxx.xxxx.xxx.10
WAN2 Gateway: yyy.yyy.yyy.100
Internal: 192.168.1.1
configured with fail-over from WAN1 to/from WAN2

Fios Supplied Router (or suitable replacement )
Email Server
Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.11 for Email
Internal: 192.168.1.2

Comcast Supplied Router (or suitable replacement)
Email Server fail-over (set in DNS and on the server)
Gateway: yyy.yyy.yyy.101
Internal 192.168.1.3

My first question is, will this work? Normally you would have the Internet connection from the provider going directly into the router.

Can I put a switch in between them?

If so can I attach two Internet connections and three routers all to the same switch?


Thanks.

 

[DelJo63]

We have Internet service from two providers (Fios/Comcast)
Each service includes 5-Static IP address:
xxx.xxx.xxx.10 - 14 (ISP#1 ->router#1)
yyy.yyy.yyy.100-104 (ISP#2 ->router#2)

Which connect to our internal LAN:
192.168.1.xxx

I would like to segregate traffic between services, so that that Email traffic is on a different IP from users accessing the Internet.

This is a port forward solution:
for ports 25, 110, & 143 (the emails), port forward each to the lan address that is closes to the specific ISP side desired, eg any lan address on router#2

I would also like to have fail-over from the primary (fios) to secondary (comcast)
(I don't need load balancing, the Fios connection is plenty fast)

fall over is described well here

you may need to multihome each client (which see)

My plan is to take a 16-port switch and plug the two Ethernet connections coming from the providers into it. .....

My first question is, will this work? Normally you would have the Internet connection from the provider going directly into the router.

Can I put a switch in between them?

If so can I attach two Internet connections and three routers all to the same switch?

I'd have to think out the layout and setup ...

 

[Scamper]

fall over is described well here

In my case, fail-over is handled within the Watchguard box so all I need is to have DHCP assign the 192.168.1.1 default gateway to each client PC.

you may need to multihome each client

I will need that function, but on an exchange server you need to use Dead Gateway Detection rather than multihome.

I'd have to think out the layout and setup ...

Thanks.