Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:39:44 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> Cc: Baginski Darren <kickbsd@yandex.ru>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple gateways support Message-ID: <4D9C5100.3060806@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=nNSeMmum3Ecoca2RFuQZS2BvbBA@mail.gmail.com> References: <1128701301678831@web100.yandex.ru> <BANLkTi=nNSeMmum3Ecoca2RFuQZS2BvbBA@mail.gmail.com>
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Eir Nym wrote: > 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? > > 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. There were some attempts to add setfib support to rc.subr, but it was not committed: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=conf/132483 I don't know the reason. Miroslav Lachman
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