Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:21:05 -0300 From: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@gns.com.br> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <bsdnet@lamb.net>, "Daniel Capo Sobral" <dcs@gns.com.br>, "Jose Antonio Junio" <junior@gns.com.br>, "Rodrigo Campos" <rodrigo@gns.com.br>, "Adrian Leguizamon Dantas" <adrian@inep.gov.br> Subject: FreeBSD up to E1 Gateway Load Balancing Message-ID: <199708181728.OAA25074@srv1-bsb.gns.com.br>
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Hi Folks, Although, It seems to me that the FreeBSD gateway vs. Cisco trend has quite silenced, I would like to get some insights from the "users" on the list. I currently use a PM from livingston as a router of a Frac-T1 leased line. However, constrasting to local telco price constraints, UUNet/Worldcom has been offering a very price interesting option for bulk transfers through satellite uplinks. So that, I am inclined to order a burstable E1 connection from them. I would like to know what was the conclusion of this thread. I will be using a K6 233Mhz processor with 32/64 Mb (depends) Ram and 4 Gig hd with FreeBSD 2.2-Stable solelly for the purpose of routing/packet filtering, so what network cards do I have as an option to finish building it? I will be using a Frac-T1 in one of the connections and a satellite uplink E1 on the other card. The uplink will be delivering my packets at USA, yet my local connection delivers them at Brazil. I would like to have load balance, so I understand that I will need to study gated to use BGP. I might be willing to use two gateways, one for each connection as noted on the discussion. Neverthless, I will be using only one to comence. What considerations should I keep in mind? Any troublesome network cards? Should I be using iBGP or BGP? Any special issues? Please help me. I've been following this discussion during the last week but I did not find it much elucidative. I apologize if I am being too repetitive, or if I am not using the right terminology. Regards, Mario Ferreira. ---- System Administrator - SysAdm@gns.com.br Consultor Tecnico - Mario.Ferreira@gns.com.br Personal - Lioux@gns.com.br Lioux@linf.unb.br Lioux@bsdnet.org GNS - Global Network Solutions Tec. Ltda http://www.gns.com.br/ ----
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