From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jul 20 12:22:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27644 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:22:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27632 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:22:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA03106; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807201921.MAA03106@implode.root.com> To: "Ray Bellis" cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load balancing across 2 E1s? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:36:14 BST." <004501bdb3fc$82f0edc0$1aa148c3@rpb.community.net.uk> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:21:49 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >I've an application where a customer wants to connect together two networks with a microwave link, where the microwave >link is terminated as two G.703 E1 (2Mbps) circuits in parallel. I hope to use G.703 to X.21 convertors to interface >the circuits to PCI synchronous cards in a system running FreeBSD. > >Is it possible to make FreeBSD load balance across the two circuits to give the expected 4Mbps circuit, or will I need >to use hardware muxes (and then find a 4Mbps G.703 to V.35 convertor)? I started the design work for multi-line load balancing support in FreeBSD just last night. Coincidences like this always amaze me. When do you need this to be finished? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message