Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:12:01 -0600 From: "Stephane Raimbault" <segr@hotmail.com> To: net@freebsd.org Subject: using natd to load balance port 80 to multiple servers Message-ID: <BAY24-F38qIfQdmEB4H0000f819@hotmail.com>
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Hi All, I'm currently using a freebsd box running natd to forward port 80 to several (5) web servers on private IP's. I have discovered that natd doesn't handle many requests/second all that well (seem to choke at about 200 req/second (educated guess)) There are other packet filtering options on FreeBSD and I wonder if I can use them to do what I'm trying to do with natd. Would someone be able to point me to documentation or help me have either ipf/ipfw/pf forward port 80 traffic to private space IP's? Is there a better way of split port 80 traffic across multiple webservers that has elduded me? Other then a comercial content switch that is :) I've worked with the loadd port and ran into some problems, so I resulted in simply using some natd syntax to forward port 80 traffic to multiple servers... Now that seems to have run to it's limitation and I'm wondering if I can do the same thing with ipf/ipfw/pf as I believe that might be a bit more efficient. Any feedback would be appreciated... Thanks, Stephane. _________________________________________________________________ Designer Mail isn't just fun to send, it's fun to receive. Use special stationery, fonts and colors. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSNŽ Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.
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