From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jan 17 6:59:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.thenap.com (mailman.thenap.com [209.190.0.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEAA037B401 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 06:59:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailman.thenap.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:10:38 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Drew J. Weaver" To: "'peter@sysadmin-inc.com'" , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Redundant connections from separate isp's possible? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:10:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C08097.A59C65E2" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C08097.A59C65E2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I believe what you're talking about is refered to as BGP or Sonnet routing, but i'm not sure, I know it is possible because we have 5 or 6 backbone providers on our Network. -Drew -----Original Message----- From: Peter Brezny [mailto:peter@sysadmin-inc.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:52 PM To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Redundant connections from separate isp's possible? We're a small web hosting company wanting to have multiple routes from separate isp's coming into the webservers from the outside so that if one connection goes down, the other connection can still reach the servers. Can this be done? Is this possible with freebsd as the router? Are there better options from cisco et. al.? I searched the -net mail list archives and found a lot about load balancing multiple servers so one didn't get overloaded, but that's not our problem. We want multiple load balanced connections from the internet into the same server/network. Can this be done with separate isp's? or am I asking for trouble? we currently have a single t1 and are looking at a 2.5 mbit DSL line to augment/backup the t1. of course a different provider means a different network range allocated to us. And here is where things get fuzzy for me. What do i tell internic?...ns1 -->network range 1, ns2 -->network range 2 and have the name server hold an IP from each isp's network range? Thanks for your comments/suggestions. Peter Brezny SysAdmin Services Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C08097.A59C65E2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Redundant connections from separate isp's possible?

        I believe = what you're talking about is refered to as BGP or Sonnet routing, but = i'm not sure, I know it is possible because we have 5 or 6 backbone = providers on our Network.

-Drew


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Brezny [mailto:peter@sysadmin-inc.com= ]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:52 PM
To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: Redundant connections from separate isp's = possible?


We're a small web hosting company wanting to have = multiple routes from
separate isp's coming into the webservers from the = outside so that if one
connection goes down, the other connection can still = reach the servers.

Can this be done?  Is this possible with freebsd = as the router?  Are there
better options from cisco et. al.?

I searched the -net mail list archives and found a = lot about load balancing
multiple servers so one didn't get overloaded, but = that's not our problem.
We want multiple load balanced connections from the = internet into the same
server/network.

Can this be done with separate isp's? or am I asking = for trouble?  we
currently have a single t1 and are looking at a 2.5 = mbit DSL line to
augment/backup the t1.  of course a different = provider means a different
network range allocated to us.  And here is = where things get fuzzy for me.
What do i tell internic?...ns1 -->network range = 1, ns2 -->network range 2
and have the name server hold an IP from each isp's = network range?

Thanks for your comments/suggestions.

Peter Brezny
SysAdmin Services Inc.



To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body = of the message

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