On 1/4/11 2:34 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: > Boby Philip wrote: > >> Our network , we have been using two ISP connections. First ISP >> connected to eth0 and second ISP connected to eth1. One ISP always >> would be backup. Can I use Linux bonding to amalgamate those two >> connections. Can I overcome manual switch over by using Linux >> bonding. > > > The answer is nothing to do with Shorewall, or even Linux ... it's a > very fundamental IP question. > > Without explicit support from your ISP (note the singular) then the > answer is NO. There simply is no way to combine multiple links with > different IP addresses in this manner.
Note, however, that it is possible to use Shorewall's Multi-ISP feature (http://www.shorewall.net/MultiISP.html) to share the load over the two links. With a link monitor such as LSM, switch-over in the event of failure, is automatic. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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