Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:58:39 -0700 From: "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com> To: "'Steve Bertrand'" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Layer 4 switching in FBSD? Message-ID: <200409021958491.SM02696@SAMBA> In-Reply-To: <2925.209.167.16.15.1089378873.squirrel@209.167.16.15>
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Maybe the Eddie Mission? http://eddie.sourceforge.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Steve Bertrand > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 6:15 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Layer 4 switching in FBSD? > > I'd like to implement some style of load balancing for my smtp and > spamassassin servers. It was suggested to me that layer-4 > switching was > the way to go. I do not want to do round-robin DNS, as it > could prove to > be a problem if one of the boxes goes down. > > For bridging type firewalls and/or network surveylance > equipment, I often > put 5 NIC's into a FBSD box and it works perfectly great. > > I'd like to know if FBSD is capable of layer-4 switching, or > some other > similar technology to load balance that it can do while loaded up with > NIC's. > > Tks for any input, suggestions or advice. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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