This can be done. I have not tried it outside of a Cisco router, but "balancing" is what you need to look into. It isn't an IP table, it is an algorythm. There is a balancing widget you need to load to get it to work in software as opposed to firmware. From what I read, admittedly almost a year ago, it should be pretty simple. It is basically packet switching; simple stuff. It is done automatically most of the time with modern (12 to 24 month old) firmware built into basic switches and routers. You just need to tell them the hierarchy. Like I said, it has been over a year since this was an issue, but research line balancing, ip balancing, dedicated circuits, and load balancing. (The last gives you a lot of stuff about EE, but there is info for IT, if you cuffer through the EE standards....)
Doug Riddle --- Robert Hajime Lanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have not used *BSD as I am a Linux user (by heart) :) > > The real issue would be the default route. It can only point in > one > direction. > > You would need to look into policy routing. You would have two > different > route tables. Which one you use would be based on some aspect of > the > packet that is to be routed. > > So, if the packet has a source address of DSL1 then use the routing > table > with the default route out of DSL1. And the same with DSL2. > > ---- As written by Guy Dawson: > > As you have two DSL connections with two DSL 'modems' why not put > two > > NICs in the FreeBSD box and attach one to each DSL connection? > > > > Make what ever servers you are running (apache etc) listen for > > requests on both (or all) NICs and I think it's job done! > > > > DNS round robin will give some element of load balancing and the > request > > should be serviced via the NIC and thus DSL circuit they were > received > > from. > > > > As far as I can see, there is no easy way to dynamically shift > loads from > > one NIC/DSL curcuit to the other. > > > > Guy > > -- > END OF LINE. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
