Dual DSL Linux help/Ideas

[Warren Raquel]

Well, just set up gated on the linux router to handle the multiple IPs and 
providers. I'm not sure if gated handles BGP but if it does I would think 
that would be the best way to handle load sharing while multihomed to two 
ISPs. Anyone concur?


Warren Raquel MCP CCNA

- Just another geek.



>From: "Jake" <Jake at callatg.com>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: "00 nblugTalk" <talk at nblug.org>
>Subject: Dual DSL Linux help/Ideas
>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 18:13:11 -0700
>
>Hello all,
>
>I have a friend that is getting ATG dsl installed at his house and 
>currently
>has sonic dsl.
>
>He is keeping them both and wants some ideas for doing a load balance
>between the two of them.
>I would also like to be open to have ports routed to the internal network
>(that is the easy part :)
>
>I suggested linux and he is interested.
>
>He has 4 sonic ips and will have 6 (I think) ATG ips.
>
>I was thinking of having three nics:
>
>eth0 internal network link
>eth1 ATG external link(all 6 ips on one card)
>eth2 Sonic External link (all 4 ips on one card)
>
>I know I can just set up NAT and if one dsl lines goes down, a script I can
>#! out can switch the default route.
>
>I have a few questions:
>
>
>What would be a way to make a fail over or when the Sonic DSL starts to 
>have
>its full capacity in use all other connections will go with the ATG link?
>What would I use to do the load balance?
>
>


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