From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 07:05:17 2004 Return-Path: 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 D122416A4CE for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 07:05:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.tcworks.net (mail.tcworks.net [216.61.218.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A6F243D1D for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 07:05:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ccook@arkansasdoc.com) Received: from rafael (dhcp47-38.cable.conwaycorp.net [24.144.47.38] (may be forged)) by mail.tcworks.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4QE4RQ2035881; Wed, 26 May 2004 09:04:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ccook@arkansasdoc.com) From: "Chris Cook" To: "'Eric Anderson'" , "'Emre Bastuz'" Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:05:39 -0500 Message-ID: <35E250E480C0C840A47E3473C0F870011EF2@stpeter.roma.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 In-Reply-To: <40B49584.6090609@centtech.com> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020920) (mail.tcworks.net) cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 2 adsl connections load balancing with natd/ipfw X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:05:17 -0000 Yes, but you will not be able to load balance incoming connections, only outbound requests, and the packets would not be evenly distributed as in a true load balancing scenario. -- Chris Cook CompuDoc of Arkansas http://www.arkansasdoc.com 501-697-1712 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Eric Anderson Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:03 AM To: Emre Bastuz Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 adsl connections load balancing with natd/ipfw Emre Bastuz wrote: [..snip..] >So far I did not find any tutorial or howto or whatever to achieve my goal with >FreeBSD. I assume right now there is no satisfying way to use your two lines >with BSD except with dedicated hardware. > > Isn't it possible to use ipnat on a FreeBSD box, and use the load distribution/reverse nat stuff in it to spread the requests out between the two connections? It's not perfect, but it's something. Basically, I think you'd set up a FreeBSD box as 'the router', so clients would point to it's interface for their gateway (or however you want to set it up), then the FreeBSD box would distribute requests between the two 'real' router IP's. I'm not certain this will work, but just a thought.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"