LARTC - Feb 2005 - Basic iproute configuration questions

I''ve managed to get myself confused with what is probably quite simple 
so if there''s any definitive documentation then please give me
pointers.
I''ve read and tried the nano.txt document, that''s what
I''ve based my
current setup on and it isn''t working at the moment.

I have two external links, a DSL link on eth1 and a cable link on eth2. 
Both acquire their addresses via DHCP. The local network lives on eth0 
and has a static IP. The local network uses NAT to the outside world.

I need to be able to load balance between the two external links for 
general outgoing traffic, force all outbound smtp traffic via eth1 and 
be able to handle inbound traffic to various servers (IMAP, web, SMTP, 
etc) on either link. My starting point is an old Pentium-2 box with 
three network cards, running a fully-patched version of FC2 (kernel 
2.6.10-1.12_FC2).

I had an old version that sort of worked on RH7.3 but it didn''t do load
balancing (in those days the DSL link was an ISDN link so it wasn''t 
important) and handling inbound stuff was a crude hack[*] that I''m sure
isn''t the best way to do things.

So, what do I need to do? Am I missing a required kernel patch or should 
the stock kernel be capable of what I want? Argh!

Dave
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If nano-howto doesn''t work, you should consult my different approach:
http://selab.edu.ms/twiki/bin/view/Networking/MultihomedLinuxNetworking
the tutorial comes with a completed daemon so you have a handy solution
http://selab.edu.ms/twiki/bin/view/Networking/RoutesKeeperProject

Mailing List Account wrote:
> I''ve managed to get myself confused with what is probably quite
simple
> so if there''s any definitive documentation then please give me 
> pointers. I''ve read and tried the nano.txt document,
that''s what I''ve
> based my current setup on and it isn''t working at the moment.
>
> I have two external links, a DSL link on eth1 and a cable link on 
> eth2. Both acquire their addresses via DHCP. The local network lives 
> on eth0 and has a static IP. The local network uses NAT to the outside 
> world.
>
> I need to be able to load balance between the two external links for 
> general outgoing traffic, force all outbound smtp traffic via eth1 and 
> be able to handle inbound traffic to various servers (IMAP, web, SMTP, 
> etc) on either link. My starting point is an old Pentium-2 box with 
> three network cards, running a fully-patched version of FC2 (kernel 
> 2.6.10-1.12_FC2).
>
> I had an old version that sort of worked on RH7.3 but it didn''t do
> load balancing (in those days the DSL link was an ISDN link so it 
> wasn''t important) and handling inbound stuff was a crude hack[*]
that
> I''m sure isn''t the best way to do things.
>
> So, what do I need to do? Am I missing a required kernel patch or 
> should the stock kernel be capable of what I want? Argh!
>
> Dave
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>
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