Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On 25/10/10 16:33, James Bensley wrote: pfSense doesn't allow you to configure an IP address, mask and gateway for every interface on the box, only the interfaces assigned as LAN and WAN. for the sake of the record, that's entirely wrong... the web ui allows you add new interfaces and rename them... so create an OPT and call it WAN2, say. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
Thanks for your response David, I think I was having an off day yesterday, this all seems much clearer today :D I will look into setting this up and report back how I get on. My ISP doesn't support MLPPP so Gateway Groups will have to be the way (is this the generally accepted way all people achieve layer 3 bonding on pfSense (2.0)? Also can the pfSense box handle incoming balancing this way as well as out going? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:09 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: can the pfSense box handle incoming balancing this way as well as out going? Incoming load balancing in pfsense is different from outgoing load balancing. It allows you to have more than one server on your internal networks responding to incoming connections on a single interface. For example, if your WAN is taking http requests on port 80 from the internet, inbound load balancing allows you to forward those requests to multiple web servers on your LAN, OPT1, etc. Outbound load balancing of course can be configured to route packets from your internal networks out via multiple WANs. The natural result of this is that return packets will come back via the same WAN interface they went out on. Some protocols, including http and bittorrent are very efficient at making use of all your available bandwidth due to generating multiple parallel sessions, which pfsense will balance across the available gateways. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
[pfSense Support] LAGG Question
Hello Everybody :) I would like to use the LAGG to bond multiple ADSL lines for a faster, more reliable internet access (using LACP). To start with I have 2 PPPoA ADSL Modem/Routers each with an Ethernet LAN interface. So I have plugged both modems into two of my pfSense NICs (lets say em1 and em2) and NIC em0 is my local LAN inside the pfSense box. em1 and em2 both need an IP address to talk to each modem, for example em1 (192.168.1.1/24) modem 1 (192.168.1.254/24) and em2 (192.168.2.1/24) to modem 2 (192.168.2.254/24). Once I bond em1 and em2 as LAGG0 they become one virtual interface which I can set as my WAN interface. I'm going to assume at this point that things will stop working because pfSense uses LAGG0 as a single interface with a single IP (obviously) which technically is connected to neither modem? What would be the correct steps for setting this up? pfSense supports 1 WAN interface so how can I assign two physical interfaces IP addresses with default GWs and then bond them in the way I wish to use both Modems/ADSL lines simultaneously? I feel like I'm not far off but need a little push :) -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On 10/25/2010 07:53 AM, James Bensley wrote: Hello Everybody :) I would like to use the LAGG to bond multiple ADSL lines for a faster, more reliable internet access (using LACP). To start with I have 2 PPPoA ADSL Modem/Routers each with an Ethernet LAN interface. So I have plugged both modems into two of my pfSense NICs (lets say em1 and em2) and NIC em0 is my local LAN inside the pfSense box. em1 and em2 both need an IP address to talk to each modem, for example em1 (192.168.1.1/24) modem 1 (192.168.1.254/24) and em2 (192.168.2.1/24) to modem 2 (192.168.2.254/24). Once I bond em1 and em2 as LAGG0 they become one virtual interface which I can set as my WAN interface. I'm going to assume at this point that things will stop working because pfSense uses LAGG0 as a single interface with a single IP (obviously) which technically is connected to neither modem? What would be the correct steps for setting this up? pfSense supports 1 WAN interface so how can I assign two physical interfaces IP addresses with default GWs and then bond them in the way I wish to use both Modems/ADSL lines simultaneously? I feel like I'm not far off but need a little push :) Personally, my preferred method of doing this would be to actually bond the ADSL connections using MLPPP. Is this an option that you have explored? Thanks, -- -- Steven G. Spencer, Network Administrator KSC Corporate - The Kelly Supply Family of Companies Office 308-382-8764 Ext. 231 Mobile 308-380-7957 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:53 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everybody :) I would like to use the LAGG to bond multiple ADSL lines for a faster, more reliable internet access (using LACP). LAGG acts by bonding multiple interfaces at layer 2. You're trying to bond a pair of interfaces at layer 3. There's a fundamental gap there that you're not going to overcome. You may as well as how you can bond two DSL lines using just em1; you can't. As Steve said, your best bet is mlppp, but if your ISP doesn't support that, then load balancing will have to do. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On 25 October 2010 15:54, David Burgess apt@gmail.com wrote: As Steve said, your best bet is mlppp, but if your ISP doesn't support that, then load balancing will have to do. Thanks guys for your responses, I will look into MLPPP but in the mean time, with regards to load balancing; Again, how does this work in pfSense? pfSense doesn't allow you to configure an IP address, mask and gateway for every interface on the box, only the interfaces assigned as LAN and WAN. So if I group some interfaces together as a load balancing LAG group the bonded interfaces aren't going to do anything? I hear what you're saying about my wanting to bond at layer 3 and LACP runs at layer 2, yes I want to bond at a packet level, but even load balancing requires me to to configure the individual interfaces that are being balanced across surely so how is this possible in pfSense? How could I set up the load balancing feature across multiple gateways? -- Regards, James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] LAGG Question
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks guys for your responses, I will look into MLPPP but in the mean time, with regards to load balancing; Again, how does this work in pfSense? For 1.2: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/MultiWanVersion1.2 For 2.0: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,10407.0.html Note that there seems to be some confusion as to whether you can do multiwan in 2.0 if more than one interface uses the same gateway (it definitely won't work in 1.2). Drop a NAT router between pfsense and the redundant gateway to overcome this limitation. pfSense doesn't allow you to configure an IP address, mask and gateway for every interface on the box, only the interfaces assigned as LAN and WAN. Not so. See the guides linked above. So if I group some interfaces together as a load balancing LAG group the bonded interfaces aren't going to do anything? Not as a LAG group, as a gateway group. The guide is good. Let us know how you make out. db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
