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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:04:19 -0500
From:      "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net>
To:        "Pavel Narozhniy" <pasha@sim.net.ua>, "Ernie Elu" <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Load balancing wireless links
Message-ID:  <004b01be7abe$97aaca40$23b197ce@ezo.net>
References:  <199903301000.UAA07602@spooky.eis.net.au> <3700D68B.41C67EA6@sim.net.ua>

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Run them Unidirectional.  Assign IP# to all 4 interfaces and then use one
pair for A1->B1 and the other B2->A2 by static routes.  Gives you 2 MB in
each direction.

----- Original Message -----
From: Pavel Narozhniy <pasha@sim.net.ua>
To: Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au>
Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Load balancing wireless links


> Ernie Elu wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to do a building to building link with two sets of 2Mbps
Spread
> > Spectrum wireless gear to give me 4Mbps. Each of the units has a 10baseT
> > port, so the obvious way to do it is to use a port trunking hub like a
HP
> > Procurve 1600M, however a pair of those is quite expensive.
> >
> > Is there any software on FreeBSD that I can use to load balance a pair
of
> > ethernet cards? Imagine the wireless gear was not there and you had a
> > pair of FreeBSD servers next to each other and you wanted to run 2
ethernet
> > cards in each to join the servers at twice the speed of a single
ethernet.
> >
> > I could probably fudge something with mpd, but I was looking for a
solution
> > that didnt involve ppp.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> May be gated + OSPF?
>
> > - Ernie.
>
> --
> Pavel Narozhniy
> nic-hdl: PN395-RIPE
> http://www.sumy.net
>
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