Re: Load Balancing / Merging speed

["Sadus ." <sadus@swiftbin.net>]

I can't seem to find the archive, i searched untill June 2004?
link aggregation
Basicaly i knew that i could do such a thing using Bonding/Trunking/Link
Aggragation but is there a simpler way using iptables/iproute only and
using only 1 NIC (with 2 different IPs/Subnets)

thanks

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 00:33 +0200, Kenneth Kalmer wrote:
> On 5/21/05, Sadus . <sadus@swiftbin.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > If i want to search for HOWTOs that can enable me to merge the
> > connection speed of multiple providers (inboud/outbound), what should i
> > search for?
> 
> The nano howto if I'm not mistaken, and have a look at the eql qdisc
> and teql device.
> 
> > 
> > what i mean by merging is, lets say my connection is shaped at 100K and
> > the other is also shaped at 100K, i want to be able using the 2 ISPs to
> > have 200K (in/out),
> > 
> > Does anyone have a HOWTO or Article about that Matter?
> 
> I asked a similar question in the list not too long ago. Search the
> archives for the subject "Spill over" and have a look. There was some
> excellent replies from other members on the topic. I have honestly not
> had the chance to properly test the configurations myself, but from my
> searching and discussions here it won't be an easy feat to achieve.
> 
> Relative load balancing is not that difficult, but to fully maximize
> the utilization of each link is another story.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> 
> Only a pleasure
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