Vassilis, I have been using EFW with multiple RED interfaces for some time. I can not answer all of your questions, but the fail over configuration does work pretty good provided both links 1 and 2 are set to be managed and link 1 is set to start link 2 if it fails. Link 2 should not be set to start on boot. Do not configure both interfaces to start each other in a failure...I've locked up so machines this way and had to login via the console or putty to manually undo the configuration. If you have a link 3, than you can configure link 2 to start link 3.
In a load balancing configuration (with both links up all the time), I have not seen any true boost in download speed because if the download starts on link1, it finishes on link1 and doesn't appear to split the traffic for that one session. If there is a way to trunk or bundle to red links, I would love to see how to that. I have been using DSL, T1 and cable modem configurations with Static and DHCP. I've never used PPPoE but I'm sure it should be OK. While you can have as many RED interfaces as you want, you can also add multiple IP address to each interface. If you will be configuring your EFW this way, all outbound traffic will leave on the primary IP for that RED interface only. There is a fancy way around this issue, but it involves understanding IP tables which to me, defeats the purpose of having a really nice GUI :). Hope this helps and someone can answer the other questions for you..... John -----Original Message----- From: Vassilis [mailto:bigracc...@gmx.net] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:04 AM To: efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Efw-user] Multiple red interfaces Hello! Has any of you experience with running 2.2 RC3 with multiple red interfaces? To increase the bandwidth and also increase the uptime in case one of the ISP's has problems. I have searched in the documentation and also in the mailing list archive but I havent found any solid answers to my questions. - Do I actually get a bandwidth increase when using 2 or more red interfaces? In theory, will two 1Mbit lines give me a single download of 2Mbit or there is no bundling and I get 2 downloads of 1Mbit each? - Can I use different connection methods for each red interface? - Is it possible to have some red interfaces run in a bundle and another run only if the first two fail? - Does anyone have experience with having a red connection as backup using the cellphone network? - I read that 2.1 has some issues concerning multiple interfaces, have they all been solved with 2.2 RC3? Thank you for any help! Vassilis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
