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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 13:17:32 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.crimea.ua>
To:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: load-balancing over routes and redundancy
Message-ID:  <20000511131732.A51911@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20000511111946.A5785@cichlids.cichlids.com>; from alex@big.endian.de on Thu, May 11, 2000 at 11:19:46AM %2B0200
References:  <20000511111946.A5785@cichlids.cichlids.com>

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On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 11:19:46AM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I wanted to ask if we have some kind of route-balancing stuff in the
> tree/kernel?
> 
We have the simplest form of load balancing implemented within
libalias(3)/natd(8) in -current.  The server is choosen on a
round-robin basis.  This feature is called LSNAT (Load Sharing
using Network Address Translation), and is described in RFC 2391.
Please see the natd(8) manpage, and search for word "LSNAT".


Cheers,
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