Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:26:33 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loading balancing with more than one ISP. Message-ID: <20040119002507.V98208-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <20040118095408.C91ED43D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Chris Knipe wrote: > I have a service set up, some.host IN A A.A.A.x (i.e. in network A and > gateway A). Now, the moment some one from network B connects to the > service I've setup on network A, the FreeBSD Box will route the reply > packets out on network B (because of the client's address) and hence, it > follows a invalid networ path and the connection fails. The same will > also happen when someone from Network A tries to connect to a IP on > Network B.... ex: don't understand this, it should work. what you're describing seems to be a dual homed freebsd set up as a simple gateway between two networks. > If I can manage to solve this, then I'll be a *VERY* happy chappy. But try applying the multipath patches to freebsd. that should give you the ability to route a same network to two different gateways. Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
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