From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 23 12:25:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C571016A49A for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:25:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vadimnuclight@tpu.ru) Received: from relay1.tpu.ru (relay1.tpu.ru [213.183.112.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E851943D55 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:25:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vadimnuclight@tpu.ru) Received: by relay1.tpu.ru (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4970810DA23; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:24 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.main.tpu.ru (mail.main.tpu.ru [10.0.0.3]) by relay1.tpu.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FCC410DA12; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:24 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.tpu.ru ([213.183.112.105]) by mail.main.tpu.ru with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:23 +0700 Received: from nuclight.avtf.net ([82.117.64.107]) by mail.tpu.ru over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:23 +0700 To: "Christopher Martin" , "'Baldur Gislason'" References: <50v528$fvu0nd@iinet-mail.icp-qv1-irony1.iinet.net.au> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:24:40 +0700 From: "Vadim Goncharov" Organization: AVTF TPU Hostel Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=koi8-r MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <50v528$fvu0nd@iinet-mail.icp-qv1-irony1.iinet.net.au> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Win32, build 3865) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jun 2006 12:25:23.0398 (UTC) FILETIME=[1998F660:01C696C0] Cc: 'FreeBSD Net Mailing list' Subject: Re: Multiple routes to the same destination X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:25:27 -0000 23.06.06 @ 19:19 Christopher Martin wrote: >> Well, round robin is really not what you want with IP packets. >> And how are you going to detect that a route is good without a routing >> protocol? >> > Actually, round robin is exactly what I want. And I am not saying I don't > use a routing protocol, in fact I do, but I want packets to be able to > use two or more diverse paths of equivalent cost. You can try to use ng_one2many(4) netgraph node for simple round-robin, if this all what you want. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov