From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 13:37:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DC2A1065A0F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1112E8FC1F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 75960 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Jan 2009 13:37:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=1wmZGGuso+0W0LBE81aw07kLB0B6AcBiRb2W6Wt+dYJFvjGdWoG2CS5czGk6CQ7IqAN2yAlXnxLqhINz6EqUgxNl9ZNO2kxyaBhZoceKKi8oJsGh4HhLxiYGum2vWqPuiRfR8W7x3aHoTKtkweViJsz8AYvONeVt1hKHbZcMDq0=; X-YMail-OSG: DV_DEN8VM1nkKCg3DKB1YNo7_Tncvclb83_rbnXpr4QgRPUG5gY1wHiApEOv8Eny3qlwjAYgq.m_.8UvbSwLtUQvpz7SRr6l6x01Ra0gJ8QvtzXk0LYblupBjGgWW71L70oVfDQEy2g3BkELibSJbYjX0m_FGy8dCgO77pAexAaoL8yCuCYZkgA- Received: from [98.242.222.229] by web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:37:55 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:37:55 -0800 (PST) From: Barney Cordoba To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Alexey Ivanov In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <400557.75901.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Re: CARP IP level load balancing X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: barney_cordoba@yahoo.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:37:58 -0000 --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Alexey Ivanov wrote: > From: Alexey Ivanov > Subject: CARP IP level load balancing > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 9:30 AM > In FreeBSD there is only ARP level LB, that is in some cases > just not enough for load balancing. > Is there any plans to port IP level LB from OpenBSD, and, > if yes, will it be ported to 7x and 6x? > > In my opinion, full CARP realization is one step towards > LVS-equal functionality. Curious as to your specific needs. Is LAGG load balancing of no use at IP level? Barney