From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 6 16:15:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D3A1065694 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from britneyfreek@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3578FC20 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:15:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj15 with SMTP id 15so757745pwj.3 for ; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:15:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:references:from:in-reply-to:mime-version:date :received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=qjwOL6LwDTBo5dGHml+2bI+kg3wtPhj32QbuRnLZS3U=; b=D6Efgyq8ng/2dov4UsCwWzUke8N0hk9YSbj2IQ7dfiwj21mUudohIPhnf+c4TsVm8G 0100uslHqwz8dTwIQNtLNY8fMQoZ3b2xGLmWrSOsL79+Zwt9+4ZXOyvvYPssUUwNUWtx gaFUvZL4FLnp83cBaBdUiM7Z0pDleNeG8tCbI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=references:from:in-reply-to:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=tC8wFfL9WuQCy8yC3zOQneVJONTBCaC9Tfizl+2GcnL4pBaZxOKLdx1+N/pciF40Eq J4uN2Gp4zmOvKcnom5a9U2Nd2wJw45WrBIdhj6stOG2DY0i+2wps4OfxDiX54Z5ylBPp kMDikkxS8LKpnwsdTl2wYODJq8KOnvZCow4Z4= References: <00a201ca5ef6$7a4f3ee0$6eedbca0$@com> From: no name In-Reply-To: <00a201ca5ef6$7a4f3ee0$6eedbca0$@com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7D11) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:51:52 +0100 Received: by 10.140.162.20 with SMTP id k20mr247154rve.255.1257522725742; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:52:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <-3431979369893017739@unknownmsgid> To: Kevin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-pf@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Question about round robin X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:59 -0000 i am not quite sure but i assume pf does no availabililtty checks as responses from systems behind an address might take too long... - regards Am 06.11.2009 um 16:34 schrieb "Kevin" : > Hello, > > > > I am curious about simple round robin load balancing w/ PF. I see > how simple > it is to setup within the FreeBSD configuration file, but have a > fairly > simple question. > > Does PF detect if one of the addresses in the "pool" is not > responsive? Or > does it just blindly send traffic to all the addresses in the pool > regardless? Is there some sort of heartbeat functionality or status > check > perhaps? Has anyone accomplished something along these lines? Load > balancing > would be pretty useless if I couldn't take a server out of the pool > without > having to re-configure PF every time. > > > Any comments are appreciated! > > > Thanks, > > > Kevin > www.stardothosting.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"