Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:20:15 -0400 From: "Joe Gleason" <freebsd.list@bug.tasam.com> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, "Jeffrey J. Libman" <jeffrl@wantabe.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: routing over a dual t1 connection (fwd) Message-ID: <008301beda3a$76f94ac0$0286860a@tasam.com> References: <000801bed9f1$8e8e2aa0$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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I suggest getting a Cisco 2500 or 2600 series router. They can do the load balancing quite easily and 2 T1's can be attached to either. I know this is a non-freebsd solution, but I have always found that a hardware router with no drives and few moving parts is quite reliable. I know this is not where I should be peddling my wares, but I have a 2500 and a 2600 for sale. ;-) Joe Gleason Tasam > > The best solution I've tried, though far from the cheapest, is to get a > CSU/DSU for each end that can 'fuse' the two lines and provide a single > serial port at twice the speed of a single T1. If your T1 card can run at > 3.088Mbps, you are set. This way, nothing has to change in your routing > configuration. > > Every other solution I've played with has suffered from the following > drawbacks: > > 1) Poor failover if a single line fails. > > 2) Grossly unequal distribution of traffic. > > 3) Many packets received out of order. > > DS > > > hi. currently my connection is over a single line (isdn), using a unix box > > and gated with rip/rip2 protocol and what is basically static routes. > > > > i now have the opportunity to move to a t1, possibly 2 t1's. > > > > i don NOT wish at this time to multi-home my net, but to put both t1's > > into my upstream provider in order to get the bandwidth. > > > > i understand how routing over 2 interfaces works when you are dual homed, > > using an as number and bgp4, etc. > > > > how do i effect routing over 2 interfaces, when i want them to be, in > > effect, 1 interface, double the bandwidth? is this the "balancing" i keep > > seeing threads about on this list? > > > > any pointers will be appreciated. > > > > thanks in advance. > > > > cheers, > > jeff > > > > | > > |\ > > +------------------------------+ > > Jeffrey J. Libman, ops. mgr. | \ | Wantabe Internet > > Services | > > Wantabe, Inc. |__\ > > +------------------------------+ > > jeffrl@wantabe.com <-----|------> | access web cgi > > ftp news mail | > > (281) 493-0718 __,.-=\'`^`'~=-../__,.-= > > +------------------------------+ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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