Manny, I just replied to the same question on this list. The reply is below.
-- Vortex, If you're referring to network load-balancing, say for example using two different interfaces or links on the same machine, then I've done it for some of my clients using Multipath Routing and Anastasov's kernel patches. Basically, it's like configuring two default gateways on the NAT'ing machine using weight metrics for balancing. As for incoming connections, I had to settle with round-robin DNS, since EQL and/or "Bonding" needs to be done on both ends. -- Basically, I had to repatch my kernel for the advanced routing features. Use iproute to generate the new default gw entries/tables (this will be the different default gateways of your multiple links), and then configure it to balance between the new gateway tables using weight metrics. eg: weight 10 for the 384k DSL link, then weight 5 for the 256K DSL link. All commands are done using ip route. On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 18:01, manny wrote: > Hi all! > > Can anyone point me to a HOW-TO on bandwidth balancing for Linux servers? > The requirement is to be able to balance internet bandwidth usage for > a large company. They have several internet providers and they just want > to be able to balance the load between theuir several connections (mostly > dial-up). > > Thanks. God bless! -- [*] Anton M. Bonifacio [z] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [e] gnupg id: 3FC84E5B | yahoo: onesuicidalmonk [n] http://rootdown.net/~symbiote/pgp-key
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