* Mitch Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-27 18:34]: > You don't need bonding for incoming traffic :). > > PF will take care of the outbound load-balancing for you (and there's an > example pf.conf that addresses this in Absolute OpenBSD) if configured > correctly. > > If you have DNS set up right, you don't need bonding for incoming > traffic. That's what MX records and priorities are for WRT SMTP, and PF > and multiple A records are for WRT everything else. > > No provider you've seen will allow that because it's not necessary to do > so due to the fact that DNS can already handle it with a minimum of > work.
that is a hobbyist solution that might work ok if you don't actually care for reliability etc - especially with the mutiple A records, when one line is down you won't be reachable for about half of of the people who would want to reach you. the real solution is of course bgp or two lines which go to the same provider IP-wise and he does his share in balancing and failover. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
