Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:03:01 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: martes@mgwigglesworth.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: 3 connections as one] Message-ID: <4862DCB5.6080005@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <1214430974.26401.0.camel@devstation> References: <1214430974.26401.0.camel@devstation>
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Martes Wigglesworth wrote: > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Martes Wigglesworth <martes@mgwigglesworth.com> > Reply-To: martes@mgwigglesworth.com > To: Andres Chavez <fluxboxtremist@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: 3 connections as one > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:34:04 -0400 > > I have been researching this issue for almost a month now, and what I > have found is that you can bind the ports together for outbound traffic, > and the same can be done for inbound traffic, the problem comes when you > try to get the inbound packets, or sessions to dispurse across the > load-balanced ports. I.E.: Who is on the other side of the multiple > DSL/Cable links to filter the traffic across the associated pipes so as > to "balance the load," so to speak? > > It can be done, however, without an upstream, or maybe a vps that is > being used as an external gateway, you will not be able to get the > different session traffic to load balance across the multiple links, > when downloading. > > At least that seems to be the situation, without some nifty DNS tricks. > I have not seen how the "appliances" get around this, however, it took > me this long for either list that I was on, to even admitt that the > theory was not stupid, and to engage me in productive inquiry. the usual way is to NAT traffic out though each interface so that the internet is not aware that sessions from apparently different places are actually the same.. you can do the same with multiple NAT instances and some way to divide up the load between interfaces.. > > If you find anything else out on this topic, please let me know. > > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 00:07 +0000, Andres Chavez wrote: >> Hi, a friend is challenge me to make use of 3 different connections (one >> adsl, one cable, and one Evdo) as one single connection to internet, i >> believe for make faster downloads or something such, its that can be >> possible ?, if so, can anybody help me with this?, this sounds interesting >> for know tricks on the FreeBSD operating system, he need to use this box as >> the network manager and firewall as well, but the connection thing its >> killing me i dont know how. >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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