Hello In the LARCT how-to subitem: 4.2.2. Load balancing the following phrase says: "" Instead of choosing one of the two providers as your default route, you now set up the default route to be a multipath route. In the default kernel this will balance routes over the two providers. It is done as follows (once more building on the example in the section on split-access): ip route add default scope global nexthop via $P1 dev $IF1 weight 1 \ nexthop via $P2 dev $IF2 weight 1 "" What does it mean? It will split the traffic? Eg. some traffic goes through provider1 and some through provider2 ?? Or if provider1 goes down then the packet will go through provider2? I am asking it because I want to create an alternate default gateway when my ADSL link had down. Do you suggest any other solution? Thanks! Leonardo Borda Netwall Tecnologia e Projetos - http://www.netwall.com.br Fone/Fax: +55 51 3235.2868 Celular: +55 51 9914.3039 mailto:borda@netwall.com.br /** Parceria Netwall: Os Clientes evoluem em qualidade tecnológica. A Netwall evolui em conhecimento. **/ /** Conheça a Netwall Tecnologia em: http://www.netwall.com.br/netwall.htm **/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 5/6/2003 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
I am using load balancing, as far as i know, since both links have different public ip''s a connection has to go through the same router. A connections means a http request to download a page, an ftp connection, telnet etc.., It has to go though the asme router because it needs to have the same public ip, and hence de destination knows who to reply. A single host can have multiple connectios simultaneusly. What you need is to read the Nano-howto, there you will find all your answers. What yo want is easily done with a script that pings both routers every minute or so, so the kernel knows if its alive or not. The nano howto is about high disponibility. Good Luck! _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.yupimsn.com/ _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/