Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 08:12:45 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@mexcom.net> To: andrew@ugh.net.au Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Big Expensive Link and Little Flat Rate Link - off topic Message-ID: <343A354D.717D1811@mexcom.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971007201749.25664R-100000@depravitas.tuu.utas.edu.au>
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andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: > > Hmm...could be the title of a fairy tale.... > > This isnt speciffically FreeBSD related but... > > I have a network connected to the outside world via a 128K ISDN and a 2MB > link. > > The 2MB link is charged per MB, the ISDN at a flat rate for less than 40% > utilisation. > > The ISDN and the 2MB links go to completely seperate providers. I have a > squid parent at the end of the 2MB link. > > The question is how to make best use of the bandwidth? I want to use the > ISDN as much as possible obviously but dont want too much lag. > > The 2MB link router dosnt support BGP...in fact dosnt support much at all. > > Most of our traffic is web so I thought I could do something with squid. I > can get squid to balance between two parents but I would need it to > balance between direct from source and a single parent (I could add a > static route to the parent proxy to go via the 2MB link). > > Can I route say 70% of traffic one way, 30% traffic another way at a > FreeBSD level? > > Am I approaching this completely the wrong way? Any better ideas? > > Sorry for the off topic post, > > Andrew There was just a post on the squid list with a patch to do just that. I'll mail you a copy directly. Provecho ed
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