-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Thanks for the details. I will read up a bit more on this and try out that document.
Thanks. - --Tiernan On 20/05/2015 16:16, WebDawg wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Tiernan OToole > <tier...@tiernanotoole.net> wrote: > >> >> >> if i a reading correctly, i would be thinking Layer 2 would >> essentially be at a frame level, so it would be closer to Link >> Aggregation with Ethernet connections... >> >> - --Tiernan >> >> > People have done it. I have tried it with OpenVPN and while I got > it working, the connections I used were the not the best type of > connections to the scenario. They were wireless. I have yet to > see any tests posted from other people doing it. > > The connections that I used were very latent. I did it all > manually with Debian boxes. > > I think latency is a big problem because of how layer2 bonding > works and how it handles packets. If I remember correctly it likes > symmetric connections too. Or at least two connections with the > same upstream and downstream. > > You could try it but optimally you would want to stick with layer > three as this is totally different then bonding two T1's or DSL > modems together. They are not tunnelling Layer2 over Layer3. > > Fail over with this tunnelling method worked very well though when > I tried it. But so would layer3. > > The test results I remember from my experiment were only marginally > faster but it really would have been nice to try on some wired > connections that have some stability and I would think may be able > to sync at some level. > > I am by no means a bonding expert. I documented some of my journey > here if you are interested: > http://wiki.hackspherelabs.com/index.php?title=Connection_and_VPN_Bond ing > > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project > with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVXKfjAAoJECWDUKjOk5r1HWoP/idV7RTIfvdYkcTg0KwlSVIa CENYrTvkpRtx6Ye1MvU6gIvgFXI/2qngAenkE51+BuYUeObOJRFTQS2iR6k1Wdsw YWdYKSnTA+6Tmw6Ur47Q8ttNaIfE44zLQlE12MqSeCCbPv99izaoFbaxifNitKcC e2F/MBM6M9Pbm99Q/pV+/RERVv1KM67BlIHAlMefNdJJjPPKIqTwkqn5oVSa4dpd WNmtRKNRAvl26vgIrLJ5fP4S0dFQ9FFT1KpeYi9As2oum84KBcGomeTj31lCHBk1 ggc6hu8exff+Mqa/R9bwfMJScWhhdCxEjHqtl32S1EgxlsedqO+kF0uTYOwnOsa5 mMPJh+p7E5ORUfHy0AS2TDdQjpcXh06Aq+cZpc/pG5VdsP5CQ0K7Aj8MajE7QDNm kWijMNLYNnU4zem9xUW07i2pPUXLlhjkN7ZcwWHEN7n3doujU9deS470jprYQyNo Bjqr1uh3wMzbjeIR16I+QEp+MSulUNHwfsvN+knZ8a7nnyO1umBoDOaOFiLSgbSN Jbj2kHrJA7tBYsR4EavdyTYrC1ee2Je7X95DRGp+AmJbqg9c52L4QHP9IEnTxrWq Zsr/IuBmgE939LNHGIGIZGIURqmmAG2LmfALKL2XECG/1DuM2cO2y3Q8IFpipzdv iey3zvIwBp9PKW5Kt7x7 =AV/o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold