Worse...each TCP connection would be individually load balanced anyway. I can only imagine the breakage that would occur sending the command channel to one server and the data channel to another.
--Bill On 3/15/06, Scott Ullrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Load balancing FTP is most likely not going to work very well do to > the nature of how FTP works in pfSense. > > Sorry! > > On 3/15/06, Daniel Leaberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to incoming load balance ftp traffic. When I go to Services > > -> Load balancer and try to create a pool or a virtual server the port > > box only allows one port number. I use passive ftp and have my ftp > > servers set to use a port range of 40000-40500 for passive ftp. So I > > really would need just 21,40000-40500 to be load balanced > > > > From reading the pf FAQ http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html it > > appears that pf supports multiple ports in a load balancing rdr. > > > > So here are the questions > > > > 1. Am I correct, can this actually be done with freebsd's pf. > > 2. Is there some way I can set multiple ports for the incoming load > > balanced ftp service (perhaps bypassing the web interface) > > > > It appears that pfsense uses the default round-robin policy > > (/var/etc/sldb.conf has an entry for it) but I'm curious whether the > > sticky-address option is set, as this would be necessary. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Daniel Leaberry > > IT Manager > > iArchives > > Tel: 801-224-4015 x228 > > Cell: 801-376-6411 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
