From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jul 20 11:36:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA18549 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:36:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA18539 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:36:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA01988; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:31:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpddR1981; Mon Jul 20 18:31:23 1998 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:31:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Ray Bellis cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load balancing across 2 E1s? In-Reply-To: <004501bdb3fc$82f0edc0$1aa148c3@rpb.community.net.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org you can look in the archives ('net' mailing list) for references to the 'mpath' patches.. julian (thye may not apply totally cleanly due to some checnges in FreeBSD since then, but they should bo 99% what you need) julian On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Ray Bellis wrote: > I've an application where a customer wants to connect together two networks with a microwave link, where the microwave > link is terminated as two G.703 E1 (2Mbps) circuits in parallel. I hope to use G.703 to X.21 convertors to interface > the circuits to PCI synchronous cards in a system running FreeBSD. > > Is it possible to make FreeBSD load balance across the two circuits to give the expected 4Mbps circuit, or will I need > to use hardware muxes (and then find a 4Mbps G.703 to V.35 convertor)? > > thanks, > > Ray. > > -- > Ray Bellis, MA(Oxon) - Technical Director - Oxford CommUnity Internet plc > Windsor House, 12 High Street, Kidlington, OXFORD OX5 2PJ UK > Telephone: +44-1865-856000 Fax: +44-1865-856001 > Email: ray.bellis@community.net.uk URL: http://www.community.co.uk/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message