From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 18 08:31:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D16116A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:31:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.alphaque.com (ns2.alphaque.com [202.75.47.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 88F1843D45 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:31:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Received: (qmail 61140 invoked by uid 0); 18 Jan 2004 16:31:11 -0000 Received: from lucifer.net-gw.com (HELO prophet.alphaque.com) (202.75.47.153) by lucifer.net-gw.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2004 16:31:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.alphaque.com [127.0.0.1]) by prophet.alphaque.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0IGQXlv059076; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:26:33 +0800 (MYT) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:26:33 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair To: Chris Knipe In-Reply-To: <20040118095408.C91ED43D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20040119002507.V98208-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loading balancing with more than one ISP. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:31:19 -0000 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 | +=========================================================================+