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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: Sebastien Petit <spe@selectbourse.net>
Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Netgraph question
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I've been wondering if I shouldn't incorporate the etf functionality
into the ether node..


On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Sebastien Petit wrote:

> > Sebastien Petit writes:
> > > Actually I rewrote loadd (a load balancing daemon) for running with
> netgraph. In the original version, loadd use Divert sockets with ipfw for
> taking incoming/outgoing traffic.
> > > What node I must use for doing the same thing ?
> > > I try to use ng_ether but if I do that, People that run pppoe on the
> same device as load balancing can't use it.
> >
> > Doesn't pppoe use the 'orphans' hook? In which case you should be OK,
> > because you only need the 'upper' and 'lower' hooks.
> 
> yes, you're right pppoe use orphans hook. But I think it's cleaner to use
> ng_etf than ng_ether. Because if I use lower and upper for doing load
> balancing on a device, another program can't use it.
> So some applications may enter in a conflict mode.
> 
> Sebastien.
> --
> spe@selectbourse.net
> 
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