Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:56:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> Subject: Re: load balance ordinary traffic Message-ID: <1051.192.168.0.251.1053039362.squirrel@home.shiningsilence.com> In-Reply-To: <20030515213812.GA8905@pit.databus.com> References: <49537.24.93.1.61.1053029897.squirrel@home.shiningsilence.com> <20030515213812.GA8905@pit.databus.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> This is unlikely to work with cable modems. You're already competing > with your immendiate neighbors for a fixed pie of cable bandwidth. It'll work just fine; the shared cable line supplies far more bandwidth than what several modems will eat, and this area is not oversubscribed. Also, I have a mix of modems - some DOCSIS, some older proprietary Motorola, which use different parts of the broadcast spectrum, and so do not affect each other's bandwidth, directly. > However, what you can't do is have > a single TCP connection on a single local host use both external lines. How about multiple TCP connections on a single local host using multiple lines? I know I could stick particular local machines to a particular network gateway, but at that point I could just hook them up directly to individual modems. > That would require at a minimum cooperation from your ISP which they > are most unlikely to provide. I work at my ISP. What's the cooperation bit?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1051.192.168.0.251.1053039362.squirrel>