From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 15 06:24:54 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 3E1E016A4CE for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:24:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B6943D46 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:24:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from Nomad (nat-server.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.245]) (authenticated bits=0)i7F6Oh99001870; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:24:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) From: "Eric Crist" To: "'Lucas Holt'" , Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:00:02 -0500 Message-ID: <020a01c4828d$1d9cee40$6401a8c0@Nomad> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <200408150531.i7F5Vmbd080787@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.74, clamav-milter version 0.74a on grog.secure-computing.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: RE: Dual Homing Networks with DSL and Cable 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, 15 Aug 2004 06:24:54 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lucas Holt [mailto:Luke@FoolishGames.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:29 AM > To: 'Eric Crist'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Dual Homing Networks with DSL and Cable > > > You will have difficulty with this setup. Most large > providers require that you register your multihomed capacity > on a list. Otherwise traffic won't know to come in on a > particular interface or that it can go either way. I must > admit I'm going from memory here. I used to work at an ISP > about 5 years ago. At that time we went from a T3 with UUNET > to a multihomed setup with verio and uunet. It was rather > odd actually.. 3 t1s connected us to our modem banks at the > telco and then we had an ethernet connection to verio's pipe, > plus the T3 in our main office. Anyway, verio required us to > get on this list. They told us that most large ISPs use it > for routing. I suspect you will need static ips with the > cable provider to pull it off as well. Actually, I was under the assumption that the multi-homed system would process outgoing traffic, and the incoming would just return on the appropriate IP. In this scenario, there's no need to register hosts. Thanks, Eric F Crist Best Access Systems 11300 Rupp Dr. Burnsville, MN 55337 Phone: 952.894.3830 Cell: 612.998.3588 Fax: 952-894-1990