From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 17 10:53:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D8516A417 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:53:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E00B13C458 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so708139fgg.35 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:53:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YarXc+ovEutWKt9LigBMDmuoEbUy78jaqguOZfpd+2c=; b=pRLoXu6tH+O+3hoxD/dpePGRxmdzNE8dUr1XXBloj0BSTk4KmWof4KoldkiYpBHQDlFpWH1PzuHl+/65e5xNjvSPwPECJrViLnNyTNf0e3BRxxvVVuLRkyDInHs/iea8qqEb6q6QIYwy/o0atsj3tj3XGN6rJRB9qkwG7bR8/G8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AkTfzaBSH/oE5dt3ghHBcjSpPE6gNQnpG61UBWBcfh6m2W1lGNEM1OMF+iuH/+WJTqBzPFRVTby3N0UT1WJJe+OprqRaZm62DegqKdotyaABEn7aZiP14mT5ArtuRO6dop3mTigZLXdS84k4H7UmQVAQq3esiMO5IRxMurnZqVA= Received: by 10.86.50.8 with SMTP id x8mr1780893fgx.25.1200567225254; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:53:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.9.8? ( [91.135.49.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm2102335fgb.8.2008.01.17.02.53.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:53:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <478F33AE.2030804@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:53:34 +0100 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael MacLeod References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multilink PPP Download Speeds With Round-Robin Packets X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:53:47 -0000 Michael MacLeod wrote: > Hello all, > > I've got two DSL lines running to my house, and two WAN NIC's > installed in my FreeBSD router. I've been trying to get multilink ppp > working through my ISP (TekSavvy in Canada) for the last little while, > with mixed results. Each of my DSL lines sync's at 6016 kbits down and > 800 kbits up. I have traffic working through the bonded connection, > and the upload speed is 1350 kb, which is about right for a 1.6 > megabit connection minus network overhead. The problem I'm running > into is the download speed is only that of one of my downlinks (approx > 5000kb, which is about right for 6 megabits minus network overhead). > It is quite possible that the ISP is employing bandwidth limiting and the limits are set to that of one ppp link (since this multilink combines two ppp links into a single link and thus logically it could be limited to that of one ppp connection). -- Sten Daniel Soersdal