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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:32:47 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Alexander V Zubchenko <stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua>
To:        Randy Smith <randys@amigo.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: IPFW as load balancer
Message-ID:  <20020618173131.S14695-100000@server.hermes-comp.zp.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20020618082248.G6594-100000@stalker.amigo.net>

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Greetings!

Sorry, it's my mistake. IMHO, yes, Your way is good solution. Sorry
again.

With respect,

Alexander V Zubchenko,		E-Mail: stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua
System Administrator,		WWW: http://www.hermes-comp.zp.ua/
Hermes-comp,
Ukraine,
Zaporizhzhya,
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Randy Smith wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Alexander V Zubchenko wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:54:52 +0300 (EEST)
> > From: Alexander V Zubchenko <stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua>
> > To: Randy Smith <randys@amigo.net>
> > Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Subject: Re: IPFW as load balancer
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Randy Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use IPFW to do load balancing? I want to do create a
> > Yes it is.
> >
> > > trasparent proxy to a cluster of Squid caches. I was thinking of something
> > > along the lines of:
> > >
> > > add prob .33 fwd <cacheA>,3128 tcp from <my-net> to any 80
> > > add prob .50 fwd <cacheB>,3128 tcp from <my-net> to any 80
> > > add          fwd <cacheC>,3128 tcp from <my-net> to any 80
> > >
> > > Does this make sense or is there a better solution?
> > Mayb 'ipfw add pipe N... && ipfw pipe N config....' may help. Look at
> > manpage ipfw(8) for details on 'traffic shaping' (as this feature
> > called in man).
>
> Thank you for your reply but I don't see how pipes are going to help here.
> (I use them to do traffic shaping in other places.) It is my
> understanding, and ipfw(8) doesn't change it, that pipes cannot send
> packets to another ip address. Please givev me an example if I'm wrong.
>
> --
> Randy Smith
> Amigo.Net Systems Administrator
> 1-719-589-6100 x 4185
> http://www.amigo.net/
>
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