Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:23:28 -0400 From: "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> To: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net>, "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PPPoE load balancing Message-ID: <00ec01c3297f$8017e1a0$7419cdcd@mykroft.com> References: <001801c3297c$a7128c40$6701a8c0@yujo>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "lukek" <lukek@meibin.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:03 PM Subject: PPPoE load balancing > Hello, > Let me apologise firstly if this is a topic which has been thrashed to death > on this list. I need some advice before I get myself into a hole that is > very deep, dark and lonely. > > I need to add an additional DSL line to my exisiting network to keep up with > the expanding bandwidth requirements of the users. In a situation like this > my first reaction would be to get some fibre into the office and take it > from there but the building we are currently in is unsuitable for fibre ( > according to the provider ) therefore for the interim I have no choice but > to get additional DSL circuits. > > My question is how difficult is it to get one FBSD router to reliably manage > multiple DSL circuits. These circuits would have static IP addresses > probably /28 on the outside and there are two distinct networks internally. > An ethernet segment and a wireless segment. > BGP > I am using IPFilter and IPNat to provide simple NAT functions and simple > firewalling functions. If I create further external links ie tun0 and tun1 > will this create problems for NAT ? I am contemplating separating the two > internal networks so that the ethernet segment gets routed to tun0 and > wireless to tun1. Would I need two instances of IPNat and IPFilter or can I > wrap all the rules into one instance of these tools ? > > Is there a smarter way to do this ? > A burstable T3 (It's copper) > Any advice is appreciated as I suspect that this is not a trivial thing to > accomplish reliably and given no other real options at this time I have to > come up with a solution that is reliable. Ideally it would be great to be > able to get load balancing and failover working but I won't push my luck. > > Regards, > > LukeK > DSL is not meant for multiple links. Having multiple links and running BGP with your provider will work, but likely should use a non-PPPoE DSL implementation . Best solution is either multiple T1's and a real router or a T3 of some sort if you can't get fibre. Adam
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