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Date:      Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:26:31 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        Michael Landin Hostbaek <mich@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Trunking connections
Message-ID:  <20060421162631.cf649390.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060421091936.GC45972@mich2.itxmarket.com>
References:  <20060421091936.GC45972@mich2.itxmarket.com>

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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:19:36 +0200
Michael Landin Hostbaek <mich@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> List, 
> 
> In a branch office, I've got two ADSL lines setup (with two different
> ISPs) - one of them are supposed to work as backup line, but since it is
> a ADSL flat fee line, I was wondering if there's a way of setting up
> some sort of a trunk with FreeBSD, so I can make use of the extra
> bandwith.
> 
> Obviously, the line should be unaffected if one of the lines go down.
> 
> I've got a FreeBSD firewall/gateway with three interfaces.. 

The canonical way to do this is with bgp.  There are bgp implementations
available for FreeBSD.  The hard part will be getting the two ISPs to
agree to set up BGP on their end.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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