Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:51:37 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.org Cc: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Load-balancing box Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960812184934.250B-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199608120628.IAA27707@ra.dkuug.dk>
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On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 sos@FreeBSD.org wrote: > In reply to Michael Hancock who wrote: > > > > A designated IP number can be setup so that when it hits the box it > > translates it to one of the IP addresses for the multiple servers sitting > > behind it. Otherwise it just functions as bridge. > > > > If a server goes down then it stops dispatching requests to it. > > Nice idea, I'll give them that... > > > How hard would it be to build something like this with FreeBSD? > > Actually I think it would be pretty easy, depending on how familliar > one is with the network code. Darren Reed already has working src ip translation. It should not be hard to change it to dest addr translation. See http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ Danny
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