Cal, > > > I've written Perl scripts to monitor logs in the past. Should just be a > > > matter of triggering the "rule-mod" event on log content, then getting > > > the daemon to re-read the rules. > > > > > We don't have perl packages for Bering-uClibc.... > > Well, that could be a problem then. I'm sure it's still do-able, but it > might be a little more difficult to implement. I know we're trying to > keep the footprint as small as possible so it makes sense that the > rather large Perl distro isn't there. Maybe there's a "mini-perl" > somewhere. Or, a working Perl script could be converted to C and > compiled to run by itself. > A small footprint is not the only issue, extra software on a router/firewall can give higher security risks also.
If I'm not mistaken there is indeed something like "miniperl" I will take a look at it. > > You only need to set this flag if you want load-balancing for those > > lines. For fallback this isn't necessary, the on-demand link will > > have a higher cost set and will only be enabled when the primary link > > fails. BGP or OSPF can handle this without problems. > > You may also take a look at the ipvsadm.lrp package, it will give you > > HSRP (Hot Standby Router) like operation > > (http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org) > > At peak loads even the 100 Mbps wireless gets saturated for short > periods. With overhead it's really only about 30-40 Mbps. Load balancing > with the slower DSL links would still offer some benefit I think. I > definitely don't see any benefit to balancing with a dial-up link, > though. Are the links that get balanced selectable? If I enable > unlimited multipaths, will it try balance all links between identical > networks? > Equal Cost Multipath is something else than loadbalancing, I wasn't fully clear in my previous mail. You probably won't set the costs for a 100 Mb and dialup link equal, that means that the router thinks those lines are equal in speed and half of the traffic will send over the slow link ;-) ECM is only meant for Equal lines. I have to look at the exact function and impact of the ECM setting. > I was going to model the entire project on VMware, but I found that > VMware limits number of NICs to 3, too few for most of my routers. I > suppose I can still model some of this functionality though, to get the > feel of the software. It will also help answer some of the "dumb" > questions without cluttering the mailing list. > > Thank you for the follow-up. > > --Cal Webster > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
