Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:17:08 -0400 From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Redundant network connections & Load Balancing Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020630131553.01c13ce0@192.168.1.1>
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In a Sysadmin (Jan 2002) article, there is explained how to use Linux as a "router" using redundant network connections (DSL + dialup), as well as load balancing between the two. I recall this required some special kernel configuration directives: CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y and the "iproute" toolset, which must be installed separately; and a few other changes. I wonder if the same (if not more advanced) could be accomplished with FreeBSD. Take for example, Company A who wants to provision a few sDSL lines. Creating a FreeBSD gateway/router and load balancing the traffic amoungst that (with some careful ipf or ipfirewall rulesets) could be very effective, and a lot cheaper than provisioning a single pipe in some cases. One could take multiple connections like dialup, dsl and cable modem and make the most out of that as well. I wonder if anyone has accomplished this with FreeBSD-4.x or 5.x; and if they could share that info. Thanks, Forrest To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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