From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 18 02:40:58 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 5B71B16A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:40:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from helium.webpack.hosteurope.de (helium.webpack.hosteurope.de [217.115.142.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8DE43D53 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:40:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@hexren.net) Received: by helium.webpack.hosteurope.de running Exim 4.34 using asmtp helo=hexren.steenbuck.net) id 1CfUWf-0007eo-3q; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:40:57 +0100 Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:40:56 +0100 From: Hexren X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62i) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <19950521916.20041218034056@hexren.net> To: Aaron Nichols In-Reply-To: References: <1356832694.20041217153250@hexren.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: combining 2 ADSL Lines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Hexren List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:40:58 -0000 AN> The basic problem is that each ISP is only going to route traffic to AN> the IP address they provide you. Since it's highly unlikley that both AN> providers are providing the same IP you have to use NAT. When you send AN> traffic out of your network, it has to originate from one or ther AN> other IP address and response traffic is only going to come back to AN> that IP address, thus only using that DSL line. You can certainly send AN> the next connection out the other DSL line, but again, it will only AN> use that one DSL line. --------------------------------------------- Could this not be circumvented by using a server in the Internet as second Gateway. If I route all traffic (both lines) from my LAN Gateway through a VPN to a second Gateway NAT it there and only then go to the Internet. The Net should just see the second Gateways IP. Or am I talking crap ? *a bit confused here* Hexren