Shorewall users - Jan 2005 - Pooling ADSL connections

Hello, 

I would like to know if it is possible to have multiple ADSL connections
going into a box running shorewall be pooled into one connection.

IE: shorewall is a gateway/firewall for a server and have the server obtain
double the speed to the net by "splicing" both ADSL connections into
one.

 

Regards, 

 

Justin Lorne Kaufman

Justin Kaufman wrote:
> I would like to know if it is possible to have multiple ADSL connections
> going into a box running shorewall be pooled into one connection.
> 
> IE: shorewall is a gateway/firewall for a server and have the server obtain
> double the speed to the net by "splicing" both ADSL connections
into one.
> 
Yes and No.

For the "Yes" part, see Shorewall FAQ 32.

For the "No" part:

You can only get "double the speed to the net" for individual 
connections if both ADSL connections go to the same ISP and that ISP 
offers equalization over those connections (in which case, you use the 
TEQL facility in Linux).

-Tom
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