Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:36:28 -0400 From: Michael Proto <mike@jellydonut.org> To: "J. Hellenthal" <jhell@dataix.net> Cc: Baginski Darren <kickbsd@yandex.ru>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple gateways support Message-ID: <BANLkTi=EgjK6K2FrxhZJO-sNEmwCNbAweQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110406120207.GA32062@DataIX.net> References: <1128701301678831@web100.yandex.ru> <BANLkTi=nNSeMmum3Ecoca2RFuQZS2BvbBA@mail.gmail.com> <20110406120207.GA32062@DataIX.net>
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:02 AM, J. Hellenthal <jhell@dataix.net> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 01:45:54PM +0400, Eir Nym wrote: >> On 1 April 2011 21:27, Baginski Darren <kickbsd@yandex.ru> wrote: >> > Hi! >> > >> > Could please someone tell me about current state of multiple gw capabi= lities of FreeBSD? >> > I have dual homed FreeBSD box, one interface ISP1 another ISP2 : >> > 1) can I balance outgoing traffic across them ? >> > 2) Is there support of any kind dead gateway detection? >> > 3) Can I install multiple routes to the same network (with same and wi= th different wight)? If yes how it behaves with one link failure, in partic= ular if interface is down? >> > > > From what you said here it seems that your looking for lagg(4) with > configured with the loadbalance option. Give this man page [1] a > thorough read and youll probably see what your looking for. > > 1) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dlagg > > >> >> about multiply GWs: you can set multiply gw via setfib(1) utility and >> use fib in your firewall rules. But it is not very handy with DHCP and >> rc(8) (setfib is located in /usr/bin and can't be used in /etc/rc.d). >> Due to this I have to add another FreeBSD box to handle dynamic >> routes. >> >> This is the one thing I know which can I do in linux easily and in >> freebsd with hacks. > > -- > > =A0Regards, > > =A0J. Hellenthal > =A0JJH48-ARIN > =A00x89D8547E > > I don't think lagg(4) will work here, as its designed for two interfaces that are attached to the same network (see the example in the man page). For two different ISPs, I think the setfib approach is probably the way to go. -Proto
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