Tom Eastep wrote: > Christian Aust wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using Shorewall 4.2.1 in a "multiple ISP" scenario, currently with >> 2 DSL lines attached as ppp0 and ppp1. I've followed the guide to set >> it up and it works, however some questions remain. Please see >> http://raq550.dyndns.org/~christian/dump.txt.gz >> for configuration details. >> >> (1) How is traffic split between the two lines? Based on what? > > Weighted round-robin where the 'weight' is the number following > 'balance=' (default 1). > >> (2) The doc says to add masq entries between the balanced lines, which >> I didn't do yet. My ppp0 and ppp1 interfaces don't have a static IP, >> do I need to use a script to detect the current IP? > > You don't need a script but you need to store the IP address of each > interface in a shell variable in /etc/shorewall/params as described in > Shorewall FAQ 2. As I pointed out in another post just in the last > several days, in addition to find_first_interface_address(), there is a > find_first_interface_address_if_any() that can be used with optional > interfaces.
I just looked and the Multi-ISP article (http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation_Index.html) describes how to do that. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ The ultimate result of shielding men from the Shoreline, \ effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Washington, USA \ -Herbert Spencer http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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