From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 13:21:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFA5106564A for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:21:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@stringsutils.com) Received: from manuel.natserv.net (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9023A8FC15 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelca (zoraida.natserv.net [66.114.65.147]) by manuel.natserv.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADE21F497; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:21:30 -0500 (EST) References: <4D2ADCED.8060809@gibfest.dk> Message-ID: X-Mailer: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/ From: Francisco Reyes To: Thomas Steen Rasmussen Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:21:30 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lagg questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:21:31 -0000 Thomas Steen Rasmussen writes: > Using lagg to bundle two uplinks to two different providers will not work > as you intend. You need to look into using pf or something similar to > balance layer 3 traffic across two uplinks. I have had this running at > home for years with pf, and it works great. Is this along the lines of what I need? http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html Address pools can be used in combination with the route-to filter option to load balance two or more Internet connections when a proper multi-path routing protocol (like BGP4) is unavailable. By using route-to with a round-robin address pool, outbound connections can be evenly distributed among multiple outbound paths