Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-28 Thread Randy B
Bill Marquette wrote: Not sure why, but this seems to be a very popular feature request these days, I can count at least 3 different requests for this in the last week. No need to file a feature request for this feature unless the code that comes out of the hackathon doesn't do what you want (no

Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Bill Marquette
Not sure why, but this seems to be a very popular feature request these days, I can count at least 3 different requests for this in the last week. No need to file a feature request for this feature unless the code that comes out of the hackathon doesn't do what you want (not directed at you Chris

Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Chris Buechler
On 7/27/05, Randy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not certain I understand what you're talking about - the only > load-balancing I can find described for CARP (net.inet.carp.arpbalance) > only does incoming load-balancing at L2; that's according to the latest > OpenBSD carp(4) man page I can

Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Randy B
Chris Buechler wrote: CARP does L3. At this point it doesn't detect dead hosts so a percentage of your requests will fail if one of the boxes dies, but that's being worked on. I'm not certain I understand what you're talking about - the only load-balancing I can find described for CARP (net.in

Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Chris Buechler
On 7/27/05, Craig FALCONER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't comment on the load balancing, but pfsense will not be damaged by a > random powerout unless you're in the process of saving a config change right > then. If the power is out, you won't be reconfiguring your router :) > > That may no

RE: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Craig FALCONER
orst that could happen is loss of some open files in the cache. -Original Message- From: Randy B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2005 11:16 p.m. To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions I really enjoy pfSense; it's an incredible pro

Re: [pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Chris Buechler
On 7/27/05, Randy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That said, I'd love to see a couple of bits of functionality added, but > am really not sure how to go about it. The first is an L3 load > balancer, CARP does L3. At this point it doesn't detect dead hosts so a percentage of your requests will

[pfSense-discussion] A few questions

2005-07-27 Thread Randy B
I really enjoy pfSense; it's an incredible project, and as I learn more about using/administering *BSD systems, I hope to be able to contribute more than my opinion. ;-) That said, I'd love to see a couple of bits of functionality added, but am really not sure how to go about it. The first i