Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:09:05 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <lists@wm-access.no> To: Josh Finlay <montarotech@optusnet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple DSL lines, load sharing / shaping Message-ID: <43CE2FE1.3020303@wm-access.no> In-Reply-To: <007b01c61c22$120ebf60$0600a8c0@delta> References: <025201c61a86$2e7383e0$0600a8c0@delta> <d5992baf0601160816o73bfca90g2e4005fd3ce04657@mail.gmail.com> <006801c61c0c$7e1aaae0$0600a8c0@delta> <43CE159D.6070000@wm-access.no> <007b01c61c22$120ebf60$0600a8c0@delta>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig258283286F62E0536657B7F1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Josh Finlay wrote: > Hi Sten, >=20 > Ahh.. well that will be something for me to look into then. Give me a > starting point anyway. >=20 > Don't suppose you've had experience doing it in PF? ;-) Is it even possible in PF? > Now here is what I don't get > We have 5x512=3D2560kbps (note: each line has a seperate IP address, sa= me > provider though). > We want to download a file over HTTP > Browser sends "GET /path/to/file HTTP/1.1", etc.. from IP1 > And Web server sends headers and file contents back to IP1 > and since IP1 is only a 512kbps line, it would seem to me that it > wouldn't be possible to achieve anything higher than 512kbps or attempt= > to incorporate any of the other lines into the transfer because that > would just confuse the server. Are you talking about a webserver on your end and IP1 meaning an user from the internet? Or the other way around? And are you using NAT? >=20 > My only thought was that if you received over a proxy (or used a > download manager with segmentation features, like that horrible windows= > program GetRight) and the proxy would get the file size, divide it into= > how many lines/ips I had (in this case, 5) and then ask for bytes 0 -> > first part, and start concurrent connections for first part -> second > part, third -> forth, etc. In a similar way that a resume would work.. > Does this make sense? That can be accomplished if you want. What do you prefer? "packet perfect" forwarding for maximum throughput on your uploads or stream friendly balancing - and perhaps better overall performance - for many users? > Or is there an extremely easier way of doing things that I just wasn't > aware of yet? Have you ever considered multilink ppp? --=20 Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal --------------enig258283286F62E0536657B7F1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzi/hMvOF8Nb1apsRAlIJAJ9/ga15gwyCVDBPhp5titQQOsL70ACeLVcI 4rl1I40epG4M6bVPIAo4VW4= =vbWF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig258283286F62E0536657B7F1--
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