From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 19:08:16 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 BCCBB16A4D5 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (fw1.wmptl.com [216.8.159.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15FD43D5D for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:08:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from [10.0.0.104] (r3140ca.wmptl.net [10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBCJ8CcM056791; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:08:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <439DCA9C.4090101@wmptl.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:08:12 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.111 () RATWR10_MESSID X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Cc: yance_kowara@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:08:17 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>-----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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > You could, if the purpose is to combine bandwidth accross multiple DSL links, use multi-link PPP, afaik - the only way to do so is through mpd (/usr/ports/net/mpd) ... not catch the whole thread, so feel free to correct me if wrong, mpd should work for you. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/