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 ## Routers
 
  - [Read Write Split](routers/ReadWriteSplit.md)
+ - [Read Connnection Router](routers/ReadConnRoute.md)
  - [Schemarouter](routers/SchemaRouter.md)
 
 ## Filters
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+# Readconnroute
+
+This document provides anoverview of the **readconnroute** router module and its intended use case scenarios. It also displays all router configuration parameters with their descriptions.
+
+## Overview
+
+The readconnroute router provides simple and lightweight load balancing across a set of servers. The router can be configured to 
+
+## Configuration
+
+Readconnroute router-specific settings are specified in the configuration file of MaxScale in its specific section. The section can be freely named but the name is used later as a reference from listener section.
+
+The configuration consists of mandatory and optional parameters.
+
+## Mandatory parameters
+
+**`type`** specifies the type of service. For readconnroute module the type is `router`:
+
+    type=router
+
+**`router`** specifies the router module to be used. For readconnroute the value is `readconnroute`:
+
+    router=readconnroute
+
+**`servers`** provides a list of servers, which the router will connect to:
+
+    servers=server1,server2,server3
+
+**NOTE: Each server on the list must have its own section in the configuration file where it is defined.**
+
+**`user`** is the username the router session uses for accessing backends in order to load the content of the `mysql.user` table (and `mysql.db` and database names as well) and optionally for creating, and using `maxscale_schema.replication_heartbeat` table.
+
+**`passwd`** specifies corresponding password for the user. Syntax for user and passwd is:
+
+```
+user=<username>
+passwd=<password>
+```
+
+## Optional parameters
+
+**`router_options`** can contain a list of valid server roles. These roles are used as the valid types of servers the router will form connections to when new sessions are created.
+```
+	router_options=slave
+```
+Here is a list of all possible values for the `router_options`.
+
+Role|Description
+------|---------
+master|A server assigned as a master by one of MaxScale monitors. Depending on the monitor implementation, this could be a master server of a Master-Slave replication cluster or a Write-Master of a Galera cluster.
+slave|A server assigned as a slave of a master.
+synced| A Galera cluster node which is in a synced state with the cluster.
+ndb|A MySQL Replication Cluster node
+running|A server that is up and running. All servers that MaxScale can connect to are labeled as running.
+
+If no `router_options` parameter is configured in the service definition, the router will use the default value of `running`. This means that it will load balance connections across all running servers defined in the `servers` parameter of the service.
+
+## Examples
+
+The most common use for the readconnroute is to provide either a read or write port for an application. This provides a more lightweight routing solution than the more complex readwritesplit router but requires the application to be able to use distinct write and read ports.
+
+To configure a  read-only service that tolerates master failures, we first need to add a new section in to the configuration file.
+
+```
+[Read Service]
+type=service
+router=readconnroute
+servers=slave1,slave2,slave3
+router_options=slave
+```
+
+Here the `router_options`designates slaves as the only valid server type. With this configuration, the queries are load balanced across the slave servers.
+
+For more complex examples of the readconnroute router, take a look at the examples in the [Tutorials](../Tutorials) folder.
diff --git a/Documentation/routers/ReadWriteSplit.md b/Documentation/routers/ReadWriteSplit.md
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     type=router
 
-**`service`** specifies the router module to be used. For **readwritesplit** the value is `readwritesplit`:
+**`router`** specifies the router module to be used. For **readwritesplit** the value is `readwritesplit`:
 
-    service=readwritesplit
+    router=readwritesplit
 
 **`servers`** provides a list of servers, which must include one master and available slaves: