Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:12:36 +0200 (IST) From: Rami Abu Jebara <rjebara@palnet.com> To: N <niels@bakker.net> Cc: Andreas Pleschutznig <andy@ple.org>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load balancing between multiple lines? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910121157020.28532-100000@mail.palnet.com> In-Reply-To: <9910111529180.15270-100000@liquid.tpb.net>
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Hi The use of OSPF to do link load balancing is also valid, it has to be supported on both sides though. the routing protocol will give equal cost to the links .. packet forwarding is still done by the kernel. how this applies to this application .. I think it might be something that might help. it would be interesting to this appliction working, from a FreeBSD box though .. something for all of us. Regarding the kernel ... I still think it's a bit of an overkill to rewrite certain parts of it for this application .. I could be wrong .. if I am .. I would be thankfull if you point me in the right direction. Cheers Rami ************************ Rami Abu Jebara Technical Director Palnet Communications Ltd e-mail : rjebara@palnet.com Tel: ++ 972 2 583 5666 Fax: ++ 972 2 583 6354 w w w . p a l n e t . c o m On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, N wrote: > Rami Abu Jebara wrote: > > > OSPF as far as know, can do load balancing .. you have to check with > > your ISP first though. > > You are sadly mistaken. Please read other replies first. Load balancing > isn't a function of an IGP, it's a function of the device making the > routing decisions for each packet. > > > > you can use Zebra or Gated to handle the routing .. > > Only to participate in an IGP. The actual forwarding of packets is still > done by the kernel. > > > > hacking the kernel ... whow ... don't know about this one :) > > It's necessary if you want to use load balancing across multiple equal > cost paths. > > > -- Niels. > > > > 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
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