From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 28 17:08:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1AA916AA22 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 17:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from janasamit@wlink.com.np) Received: from krishna.wlink.com.np (krishna.wlink.com.np [202.79.32.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016D343D46 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 17:08:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from janasamit@wlink.com.np) Received: from samit.wlink.com.np (samit.wlink.com.np [202.79.36.161]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by krishna.wlink.com.np (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91459625D8; Sun, 28 May 2006 22:52:57 +0545 (NPT) From: Samit Jana Organization: WorldLink Communication Pvt. Ltd. To: Emre Bastuz Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 22:52:56 +0545 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200605272037.34036.janasamit@wlink.com.np> <1148804663.44795e3714acc@netmail1.netcologne.de> In-Reply-To: <1148804663.44795e3714acc@netmail1.netcologne.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605282252.57112.janasamit@wlink.com.np> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPPOE over VLan Interfaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 17:08:21 -0000 Hi EB,=20 Thanks for your input .Basically the scenario and setup resembles, the only= =20 diff is I am trying to deploy it on Metro ethernet kind of topology which=20 spans to multiple switches cascaded/trunked via optical fibre.=20 The only thing that worries me is No. of simultaneous connection :( but no= w=20 pretty much confident though :) =2D-=20 samit On Sunday 28 May 2006 14:09, Emre Bastuz wrote: > Hello Samit, > > Zitat von Samit Jana : > > Now before I put the boxes on Production to serve over 400 simultaneous > > connections and over 40 VLAN interfaces, I would like to hear some > > comments If anybody running similar kind of setup? and is there any > > performance issues known so far? > > I am using a similar setup for parallel testing of ADSL modems: > -> FreeBSD 4.X box with a PCI quad-interface > -> two ethernet interfaces connected as trunks to a 48 port switch > -> one port used for "regular" connectivity and administration > -> every port except the trunk and admin ports configured in different > vlans -> every VLAN with it=B4s own PPPOE connection > -> every PPPOE login script with it=B4s own static hostroute to a particu= lar > IP address on a download server, uniquely set up for this PPPOE connection > (hostroutes required to force traffic through every PPPOE connection) -> > MRTG for monitoring the throughput on each interface in the switch > > Works great for 2 years now. > > The only thing I=B4d monitor is the throughput on the trunks. Apart from = that > the configuration should scale reasonably well. > > I=B4m not quite sure if this was what you wanted to know but hey: you ask= ed > for VLAN and PPPOE ;-) > > Cheers, > > Emre > > -- > http://www.emre.de UIN: 561260 > PGP Key ID: 0xAFAC77FD > > I don't see why some people even HAVE cars. -- Calvin