From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 11 6:31:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from smtp7.xs4all.nl (smtp7.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A8C14D16 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 06:31:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from niels@bakker.net) Received: from liquid.tpb.net (arctic.xs4all.nl [194.109.37.82]) by smtp7.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA17097; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:31:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (niels@localhost) by liquid.tpb.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with ESMTP id PAA15288; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:31:52 +0200 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:31:51 +0200 (CEST) From: N X-Sender: niels@liquid.tpb.net To: Rami Abu Jebara Cc: Andreas Pleschutznig , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load balancing between multiple lines? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9910111529180.15270-100000@liquid.tpb.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rami Abu Jebara wrote: > OSPF as far as know, can do load balancing .. you have to check with > your ISP first though. You are sadly mistaken. Please read other replies first. Load balancing isn't a function of an IGP, it's a function of the device making the routing decisions for each packet. > you can use Zebra or Gated to handle the routing .. Only to participate in an IGP. The actual forwarding of packets is still done by the kernel. > hacking the kernel ... whow ... don't know about this one :) It's necessary if you want to use load balancing across multiple equal cost paths. -- Niels. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message