I may be completely off track ......but for what its worth. I think the bonding has to take place at both ends. I mean you may be able to do load balancing between two lines, be they DSL, ISDN, T1, etc., but to actually bond them I think the configuration has to take place at each end point of the circuit. May even require the use of the same devices at each end....I say this because the idea of "compatible devices that perform the same function" is a moving target. Just my two cents but take it with a grain of salt. I'm interested in hearing from those who have actually done it.......hope I'm wrong actually! Cleve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: [brlug-general] FreeBSD and aggregating DSL line bandwidth.. > Has any used FreeBSD to bond two DSL lines? We will have no support from > the ISP, so the solution must work entirely on our end. If you have done > this, what was your solution? We are investigating whether to use our > existing FreeBSD router to accomplish this task, or to purchased dedicated > hardware, such as a solution from Nexland. > > Speaking of dedicated hardware, what about your experience with that? I > have a client that has a low budget, and needs to bond two ADSL lines > together. The downstream is 600 Kbit/s and upstream is about double that on > each line. > > Does anyone have any good experiences or recommendations to share on > hardware solutions for bonding DSL lines? > > The goal is to increase the bandwidth to the client's in-house website. > Because these are DSL lines from the Sprint running over BellSouth's last > mile, we do not see any redundancy benefits. Some kind of intelligent > fail-over would be nice, but in general, if one goes down, both will be > down. We are definitely concentrating on increasing bandwidth. > > Please note that colocating is not an option for this client. > > Regards, Dustin > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology > UNIX, Windows, and IT Consulting > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
