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Date:      Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:40:56 +0100
From:      Hexren <me@hexren.net>
To:        Aaron Nichols <adnichols@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re[2]: combining 2 ADSL Lines
Message-ID:  <19950521916.20041218034056@hexren.net>
In-Reply-To: <ac05538404121715323d6d7509@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1356832694.20041217153250@hexren.net> <ac05538404121715323d6d7509@mail.gmail.com>

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AN> The basic problem is that each ISP is only going to route traffic to
AN> the IP address they provide you. Since it's highly unlikley that both
AN> providers are providing the same IP you have to use NAT. When you send
AN> traffic out of your network, it has to originate from one or ther
AN> other IP address and response traffic is only going to come back to
AN> that IP address, thus only using that DSL line. You can certainly send
AN> the next connection out the other DSL line, but again, it will only
AN> use that one DSL line.


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Could this not be circumvented by using a server in the
Internet as second Gateway. If I route all traffic (both lines) from my LAN Gateway
through a VPN to a second Gateway NAT it there and only then go to the Internet.
The Net should just see the second Gateways IP. Or am I talking crap ?
*a bit confused here*

Hexren



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