-----Original Message----- From: joe@sendjoeanemail.com
I've been trying over and over to figure this one out, but I'm just hitting the end of my wits. We have a remote office that can only get 768Kbps DSL, which they've not totally maxed out. So management's solution now is to buy a second DSL line, but they won't let me buy a dual WAN router (in case they add a 3rd DSL line).
Have you looked OpenBSD with pf? You can create rules that map outbound session to a different DSL router, interface, and/or gateway based on any number of rules. The man page pf.conf[1] and more precisely the "ROUTING" and "POOL OPTIONS" section will allow you to create very dynamic rules to define how to handle all outbound routing load sharing. NATing also comes along for the ride. A basic example is in their FAQ[2]. This type of setup is not the most common so a straight up HOWTO is most likely not going to be found. Sorry I am not able to give a more direct and Linux based answer. [1]: http://tinyurl.com/74yyx [2]: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html -Jeremy This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. D.B. Zwirn & Co., L.P. reserves the right to archive and monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any attachment(s) from your system. Thank you.
On Dec 15, 2005, at 06:54, Rossi, Jeremy wrote:
Have you looked OpenBSD with pf? You can create rules that map outbound session to a different DSL router, interface, and/or gateway based on any number of rules. The man page pf.conf[1] and more precisely the
FreeBSD with IPF \ IPNAT [1] or PF as well. You have a number of options but consider the long-term. I guess you've already bought the second DSL line ? The cost of the lines ( and routers ) combined might not be far away from another type of carrier that may work with your future requirements. Look into bonding T1's. If you don't already, it might help to start analyzing your traffic characteristics. -Jason [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls- ipf.html
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