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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:31:30 -0700
From:      "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
To:        Ben Williams <williamsl@home.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jahanur R Subedar <jahanur@jjsoft.com>
Subject:   Re: network setup
Message-ID:  <39469A22.7FD2E1B9@home.com>
References:  <3945831C.DF881DD9@home.com> <8224.000613@home.com>

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Ben Williams wrote:
> 
>    I have a gateway (not the brand) computer with three (3) network
> cards in it. One of these cards goes to the LAN. The OTHER TWO go to
> DIFFERENT ISPs. My question is:
> 
>           How do I use one ISP-link OR THE OTHER depending on which
>           has the "best" (for some definition of best ... shortest,
>           fastest, least packet loss...) route or capability to carry
>           the packets?
> 
> --Ben Williams

OK, then to do that you need the *all* the routes on the Internet.
How much do you know about routing protocols?? i think you  have
to use BGP but to use it you need an Autonomous System Number (ASN)
from ARIN.

After you get it you need to talk to your ISPs to set up the protocol.

raymundo.


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