From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 22 11:00:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 91F5916A41F for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:00:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pretenda@wrgn.net) Received: from customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au (customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE23D43D78 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:00:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pretenda@wrgn.net) Received: from 210-84-32-20.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO titan) ([210.84.32.20]) by customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 22 Dec 2005 19:00:13 +0800 Message-Id: <4lkejh$1brrfs@iinet-mail.icp-qv1-irony7.iinet.net.au> X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== From: To: Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:09:13 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcYG6CQbIF2GHgLBRzmWzzpBX6qgQA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: RE: FreeBSD router two DSL connections X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:00:26 -0000 > Which is not redundant. > Considering the OP asked for specifics on how to do this and your > response as been a bunch of theoretical gobbdleygook that is flat out > wrong network theory, you haven't done anything to help the poor bastard. Hi, This is a pretty firey debate. I have a question along the lines of this thread. I currently have a 1.5Mbit ADSL tail at the school that I work for. This tail connects to the Education Office which hosts a variety of websites, we then get internet access through the education office. We currently also have 230 PCs, and the connection is slowing down significantly. What I planned on doing was purchasing a 20Mbit ADSL 2+ connection and setting up a FreeBSD router which forwards all internet traffic through the ADSL2+ connection, and the Education Office traffic would be forwarded through the existing connection. Is this feasible? I would assume that it would be a simple matter of letting the router know what ranges need to be forwarded to the existing connection, and defaulting the rest to the new connection. Note there is NO load balancing in this scenario, so don't flame my head off. Sorry if this is not making sense, I've had a long day. Cheers, Matt