Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:41:07 +0200 From: "Marcel Grandemange" <thavinci@thavinci.za.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: two nics each with dsl and the third for LAN and am not able to get any milage out of one dsl. Message-ID: <044501c91c7e$31451dc0$93cf5940$@za.net> In-Reply-To: <20080921163620.17852stcdlbovb6s@intranet.casasponti.net> References: <993439.83813.qm@web110504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20080921163620.17852stcdlbovb6s@intranet.casasponti.net>
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> >> I just inherited a second dsl line and don't have a >> server to connect >> it too so I have it connected to a third nic that I have in >> the Dell >> that has the first dsl connection and the LAN. I have been >> running pf >> on the two nics with nat and squid in transparent proxy >> mode without >> any issues. My problem is that I haven't come up with a >> way to really >> take advantage of the new dsl to reduce traffic on the >> first. I'm not >> even dreaming of load balancing just sharing some of the >> load. >> >> I had thought about trying to get squid to use the second >> connection >> but my feeble attempts at redirecting it haven't made >> much sense nor >> have they worked. Most of our traffic is outgoing rather >> than >> incoming, if that helps. >> >> I'm sure someone else must have a similar setup and are >> doing better >> than I. Anything is better than nothing. Basically, I >> think and hope >> that I am just drowning in a glass of water. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> ed > > it all well depends on how many wires you need to make your boss happy. > if you feel like u can be replaced with a router maybe you should > start making half-way websites rather than doing 2 way internet > connections. > but there is a shoe for every foot. i actually admire the creativity > of the pf coders. i hope you have at least 2 gateways. please don't > drown. > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html Thank you for doc! Might End up using my side aswell. Unfortunately most of my servers run ipfw. >Wow! Thanks, Nash. This should do it. I just read through it and had >no idea it even existed. Especially the nat for two IP's >I'll start trying it tomorrow and will post the results. >Thanks again, >ed
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