Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 22:21:01 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.dialix.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_mux hack? Message-ID: <199511140621.WAA04450@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Nov 95 05:28:43 %2B0800." <Pine.BSF.3.91.951114051809.243F-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM>
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>Create a stub if_mux that only accepts packets from IP, and >redistributes them to other interfaces that it's been told about below >it. Ie: it's if_output routine would take the packets and distribute >them to other interface's if_output routines below it. > >Incoming packets from the lower interfaces would still go direct to IP, >but that's no big deal. ... >Sound interesting? Is it a "worthy hack"? (especially since Linux has >something like it.. :-) I thought of doing this exact thing about 3 years ago. It was more work than I was willing to do at the time so I never got around to doing it. The mechanics of the load balancing are trivial; the difficulty comes from the little nits - like writing the utility to manage the list of "multiplexed" interfaces, etc.. I definately think it is worthwhile. -DG
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