Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 13:45:54 +0400 From: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> To: Baginski Darren <kickbsd@yandex.ru> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple gateways support Message-ID: <BANLkTi=nNSeMmum3Ecoca2RFuQZS2BvbBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1128701301678831@web100.yandex.ru> References: <1128701301678831@web100.yandex.ru>
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On 1 April 2011 21:27, Baginski Darren <kickbsd@yandex.ru> wrote: > Hi! > > Could please someone tell me about current state of multiple gw capabilities of FreeBSD? > I have dual homed FreeBSD box, one interface ISP1 another ISP2 : > 1) can I balance outgoing traffic across them ? > 2) Is there support of any kind dead gateway detection? > 3) Can I install multiple routes to the same network (with same and with different wight)? If yes how it behaves with one link failure, in particular if interface is down? > > Thank you! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > about multiply GWs: you can set multiply gw via setfib(1) utility and use fib in your firewall rules. But it is not very handy with DHCP and rc(8) (setfib is located in /usr/bin and can't be used in /etc/rc.d). Due to this I have to add another FreeBSD box to handle dynamic routes. This is the one thing I know which can I do in linux easily and in freebsd with hacks.
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