Hello,
Currently I''m using the information from
http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html and Julian''s
patch
to load balance two PPPoE Internet connections (DSL). It balances the
traffic perfectly.
+------------+
+ ppp0 (eth0) ---+ Provider 1 +
+-----+ | +-------------
+ LAN +--- eth2 ---+
+-----+ | +------------+
+ ppp1 (eth1) ---+ Provider 2 +
+------------+
However, occasionally one of the PPP connections goes down due to
provider issues, and the interface won''t come back up on it''s
own. To
get around this, I setup a cron job which checks to see if ppp0 and ppp1
exist, and if not, bring them back up.
In the process of the interfaces disappearing and re-appearing, some of
the load balancing routes get lost. I tried re-executing the route
commands in the cron job, but it doesn''t work every time. This also
seems like a hackish way to solve the problem.
Have any of you experienced similar problems, or is there a better way
to load balance over ''virtual'' interfaces like this?
