Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:04:47 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Different routes for each protocol Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970915200036.818z-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199709150836.SAA02016@spooky.eis.net.au>
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Ernie Elu wrote: > I am curious if it is at all possbile to route indiviual protocols via > different default routes or interfaces. Sure, but only if you control the sending routers. Since you don't control what Connect's and TIS's routers do, you need to find other ways. > For example say I have FreeBSD box and two different Internet providers > that I connected to one with a much faster link than the other eg. T1 and > a 64k ISDN each off their own router or interface. The slower link offers > a monthly flat rate ans the T1 charges per megabyte so I want to load up the T1? Don't you mean E1? > One idea I had was to give each protocol it's own IP address via an alias. > > eg. smtp.your.domain.com aaa.bbb.ccc.001 > pop.your.domain.com aaa.bbb.ccc.002 You are on the right track. Ask TIS for a new netblock, and put your slow services onto that set of network numbers. > But that only takes care of inbound traffic, outbound will still go via > the default route. What do you care if the outbound takes a different path? You don't pay for data sent to CCA or to Telstra. Danny
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