Maybe another option:
(BPurchasing a hardware solution; I've never used one personally but I have
(Bheard good things about the Fatpipe Superstream from friends ($3,000 or so).
(BSeveral other companies make the exact same thing just in different forms.
(BIt will allow you to bond multiple dsl/cable whatever and you don't need
(BBGP. To implement BGP normally you need a pretty beefy router (My feelings
(Bare a cisco 3600 and up).
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(BTo: lukek; FreeBSD
(BSubject: Re: PPPoE load balancing
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(BSubject: PPPoE load balancing
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(B> Hello,
(B> Let me apologise firstly if this is a topic which has been thrashed to
(Bdeath
(B> on this list. I need some advice before I get myself into a hole that is
(B> very deep, dark and lonely.
(B>
(B> I need to add an additional DSL line to my exisiting network to keep up
(Bwith
(B> the expanding bandwidth requirements of the users. In a situation like
(Bthis
(B> my first reaction would be to get some fibre into the office and take it
(B> from there but the building we are currently in is unsuitable for fibre (
(B> according to the provider ) therefore for the interim I have no choice but
(B> to get additional DSL circuits.
(B>
(B> My question is how difficult is it to get one FBSD router to reliably
(Bmanage
(B> multiple DSL circuits. These circuits would have static IP addresses
(B> probably /28 on the outside and there are two distinct networks
(Binternally.
(B> An ethernet segment and a wireless segment.
(B>
(B
(BBGP
(B
(B> I am using IPFilter and IPNat to provide simple NAT functions and simple
(B> firewalling functions. If I create further external links ie tun0 and tun1
(B> will this create problems for NAT ? I am contemplating separating the two
(B> internal networks so that the ethernet segment gets routed to tun0 and
(B> wireless to tun1. Would I need two instances of IPNat and IPFilter or can
(BI
(B> wrap all the rules into one instance of these tools ?
(B>
(B> Is there a smarter way to do this ?
(B>
(B
(BA burstable T3 (It's copper)
(B
(B> Any advice is appreciated as I suspect that this is not a trivial thing to
(B> accomplish reliably and given no other real options at this time I have to
(B> come up with a solution that is reliable. Ideally it would be great to be
(B> able to get load balancing and failover working but I won't push my luck.
(B>
(B> Regards,
(B>
(B> LukeK
(B>
(B
(BDSL is not meant for multiple links. Having multiple links and running BGP
(Bwith your provider will work, but likely should use a non-PPPoE DSL
(Bimplementation . Best solution is either multiple T1's and a real router or
(Ba T3 of some sort if you can't get fibre.
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