Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:31:12 -0800 From: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com> To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org, csmith@bonddesk.com Subject: Re: Per flow load balancing Message-ID: <200412171431.12983.darcy@wavefire.com> In-Reply-To: <1103315143.35576.127.camel@localhost> References: <1103315143.35576.127.camel@localhost>
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On December 17, 2004 12:25 pm, Corey Smith wrote: > Is there a way to do per flow load balancing using ipfw? > > I'm currently using a rule like: > > prob 0.5 fwd <tun1gw> ip from any to any recv bge0 xmit tun0 > > This effectively gives me per packet load balancing between the two > tunnels. Unfortunately it also leads to significant out-of-order TCP > delivery (the two tunnels have varying latency). > > What I'm looking for is the ability to make each TCP socket stick to a > random load balanced tunnel interface for its entire lifetime IE route > multipath. Yes you can do this through the use of keep-state/check-state > > -Corey Smith > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ipfw-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com
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