Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:32:30 -0800 (PST) From: Yance Kowara <yance_kowara@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD router two DSL connections Message-ID: <20051212123230.7348.qmail@web30301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <F5F96CF1-8379-423F-9497-4A5AC04D0A3C@secure-computing.net>
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--- Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> wrote: > On Dec 12, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Yance Kowara wrote: > > > Ted, > > > > Thanks for the advice. > > > > A friend of mine has just acquired an Internet > Cafe. > > The previous owner connected the lan to 2 > different > > ADSL (two different ISPs) one is a back up he > said. > > > > So, two ADSL routers with half the Lan connected > to > > one router and another half to the other router. > > > > I am just thingking of a way to optimise the > > connection and came accross Steven's article. I > > thought I could do something similar with *BSD + > pf. > > > > There is such thing as Dual Wan ADSL router: > > http://www.infosmart.com.tw/p-ndr3024.htm > > > > However, they are quite pricey compare to setting > up a > > *BSD box (using old readily available hardware). > > > > > > So, if this load balancing idea does not work, any > > other thing I can do to optimise two DSLs? > > > > I also came accross this (linux way): > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.rpdb.multiple- > > > links.html > > > > Is this worth trying? > > > > Kind regards, > > Yance, > > The reason, without a pretty heavily involved > configuration, this > won't work is packet routing. Unless you're using > BGP, Border > Gateway Protocol, you're not going to reliably route > return packets > to any interface other than the interface it was > transmitted from. > I'm guessing that the dual-wan device you speak of > handles some > things differently. Something like a large file > download is going to > fail to utilize the full bandwidth, however, because > of the nature of > the traffic. If you really need to boost network > bandwidth, you're > going to be forced into either working directly with > an ISP to link > multiple DSL channels, or, more likely, obtain > business-class service > over a T1/T3 setup. > > HTH > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks > http://www.secure-computing.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hmmmmmm, what about putting zebra into the picture ... a solution or chaos? Regards, Yance __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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