From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 17:30:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 2F8F816A420 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:30:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DF4B43D5F for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:30:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jBCHSjb95726; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:28:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Yance Kowara" , Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:25:33 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <20051212123230.7348.qmail@web30301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: FreeBSD router two DSL connections X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:30:41 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Yance Kowara >Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 4:33 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: FreeBSD router two DSL connections > > > > >--- Eric F Crist wrote: > >> On Dec 12, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Yance Kowara wrote: >> >> > Ted, >> > >> > Thanks for the advice. >> > >> > A friend of mine has just acquired an Internet >> Cafe. >> > The previous owner connected the lan to 2 >> different >> > ADSL (two different ISPs) one is a back up he >> said. >> > >> > So, two ADSL routers with half the Lan connected >> to >> > one router and another half to the other router. >> > >> > I am just thingking of a way to optimise the >> > connection and came accross Steven's article. I >> > thought I could do something similar with *BSD + >> pf. >> > >> > There is such thing as Dual Wan ADSL router: >> > http://www.infosmart.com.tw/p-ndr3024.htm >> > >> > However, they are quite pricey compare to setting >> up a >> > *BSD box (using old readily available hardware). >> > >> > >> > So, if this load balancing idea does not work, any >> > other thing I can do to optimise two DSLs? >> > >> > I also came accross this (linux way): >> > >> >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.rpdb.multiple- >> >> > links.html >> > >> > Is this worth trying? >> > >> > Kind regards, >> >> Yance, >> >> The reason, without a pretty heavily involved >> configuration, this >> won't work is packet routing. Unless you're using >> BGP, Border >> Gateway Protocol, you're not going to reliably route >> return packets >> to any interface other than the interface it was >> transmitted from. >> I'm guessing that the dual-wan device you speak of >> handles some >> things differently. Something like a large file >> download is going to >> fail to utilize the full bandwidth, however, because >> of the nature of >> the traffic. If you really need to boost network >> bandwidth, you're >> going to be forced into either working directly with >> an ISP to link >> multiple DSL channels, or, more likely, obtain >> business-class service >> over a T1/T3 setup. >> >> HTH >> ----- >> Eric F Crist >> Secure Computing Networks >> http://www.secure-computing.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > >Hmmmmmm, what about putting zebra into the picture ... >a solution or chaos? > What feature in Zebra exactly do you think will help in this scenario? Ted