Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:37:03 -0400 From: "Scott Hiemstra" <scott@hiemstra.us> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: PPPoE load balancing Message-ID: <MAEGIICNABPPOCALLOHKGECADBAA.scott@hiemstra.us> In-Reply-To: <00ec01c3297f$8017e1a0$7419cdcd@mykroft.com>
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Maybe another option: Purchasing a hardware solution; I've never used one personally but I have heard good things about the Fatpipe Superstream from friends ($3,000 or so). Several other companies make the exact same thing just in different forms. It will allow you to bond multiple dsl/cable whatever and you don't need BGP. To implement BGP normally you need a pretty beefy router (My feelings are a cisco 3600 and up). Scott ------------------------ Scott Hiemstra scott@hiemstra.us -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:23 PM To: lukek; FreeBSD Subject: Re: PPPoE load balancing ----- Original Message ----- From: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:03 PM Subject: PPPoE load balancing > Hello, > Let me apologise firstly if this is a topic which has been thrashed to death > on this list. I need some advice before I get myself into a hole that is > very deep, dark and lonely. > > I need to add an additional DSL line to my exisiting network to keep up with > the expanding bandwidth requirements of the users. In a situation like this > my first reaction would be to get some fibre into the office and take it > from there but the building we are currently in is unsuitable for fibre ( > according to the provider ) therefore for the interim I have no choice but > to get additional DSL circuits. > > My question is how difficult is it to get one FBSD router to reliably manage > multiple DSL circuits. These circuits would have static IP addresses > probably /28 on the outside and there are two distinct networks internally. > An ethernet segment and a wireless segment. > BGP > I am using IPFilter and IPNat to provide simple NAT functions and simple > firewalling functions. If I create further external links ie tun0 and tun1 > will this create problems for NAT ? I am contemplating separating the two > internal networks so that the ethernet segment gets routed to tun0 and > wireless to tun1. Would I need two instances of IPNat and IPFilter or can I > wrap all the rules into one instance of these tools ? > > Is there a smarter way to do this ? > A burstable T3 (It's copper) > Any advice is appreciated as I suspect that this is not a trivial thing to > accomplish reliably and given no other real options at this time I have to > come up with a solution that is reliable. Ideally it would be great to be > able to get load balancing and failover working but I won't push my luck. > > Regards, > > LukeK > DSL is not meant for multiple links. Having multiple links and running BGP with your provider will work, but likely should use a non-PPPoE DSL implementation . Best solution is either multiple T1's and a real router or a T3 of some sort if you can't get fibre. Adam _______________________________________________ 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"
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