Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 00:28:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load Balancing/Sharing w/ FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950629002711.5303F-100000@aries.ai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950628212359.11754F-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> > 1) When dealing with say, two serial links [modem or T1] how would one go > > about setting up the connections so the links share load bidirectionally? > > Assign them both the same destination IP address? > > This won't work. It needs to be implemented first. Enabled meaning? new code needs to be written, or its already built into FreeBSD and I just need to start using it? > > > 2) Has the code to enable two or three FreeBSD boxes to split new logins > > based on load averages been enabled yet? > > You can do this via DNS. No need to add or enable anything. DNS servers will just sequentially cycle through a list of servers, it won't intelligently find the least busy machine. Is there a way to do it intelligently with DNS? Thanks, -Jerry.
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