Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 05:07:47AM -0800, Vieri Di Paola wrote: >> I was wondering if there's a way to include multiple >> DSL lines on a single physical interface. > > I think you can do this with PPPoE-forwarding modems (no PPP > termination on the modem at all - *just* a modem which copies the > PPPoE packets to and from the ethernet interface), and rp-pppoe on the > firewall - so you get ppp0, ppp1, ... interfaces on the firewall > (which are your true internet interfaces), and the ethernet interface > is used only to carry the encapsulated PPPoE packets to the modem.
In germany such modems first was standard. These has 1 DSL-Port and a normal ethernet port. So it is possible to link this to a ethernet port at a PC. But there are also many routers that can act like a bridge. rp-pppoe is the right software for this. There is a german website which shows how it works: http://geggus.net/sven/t-dsl.html You need the source of rp-pppoe 3.8 and this patch http://geggus.net/sven/rp-pppoe-3.8-fakemac.diff Than you can use a option "-H <macadress>" to start every connection with another fake mac-adress. > As far as I am aware, it's possible to use multiple modems on one > interface in this manner, and it gives you the ability to discriminate > between them on the firewall. But fair warning - I only believe this > to be possible, I've never tried it. I use PPPoE in this fashion > (because modems that terminate the PPP session must act as routers, > and they are always lousy routers and truly abysmal NAT devices), but > only with a single modem on each interface. I use it till some months. My provider is the german T-Com. The distribution is Debian Etch with the shorewall package. Sebastian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
