Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:14:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Layer 4 switching in FBSD? Message-ID: <2925.209.167.16.15.1089378873.squirrel@209.167.16.15>
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I'd like to implement some style of load balancing for my smtp and spamassassin servers. It was suggested to me that layer-4 switching was the way to go. I do not want to do round-robin DNS, as it could prove to be a problem if one of the boxes goes down. For bridging type firewalls and/or network surveylance equipment, I often put 5 NIC's into a FBSD box and it works perfectly great. I'd like to know if FBSD is capable of layer-4 switching, or some other similar technology to load balance that it can do while loaded up with NIC's. Tks for any input, suggestions or advice. Cheers, Steve
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