From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Feilner Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 11:02:20 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Starting from scratch w/ multiple uplinks Message-Id: <200505101302.20614.lists@feilner-it.net> List-Id: References: <756AAB68-8733-4BF4-A78F-146966BD9E0F@mediarete.it> In-Reply-To: <756AAB68-8733-4BF4-A78F-146966BD9E0F@mediarete.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: lartc@vger.kernel.org Am Montag, 9. Mai 2005 17:58 schrieb Sylvain BERTRAND: > On Lun 9 mai 2005 17:14, Rafael A Barrero a =E9crit : > > Hey; > > > > I guess I should have included that aspect : what I want to > > achieve. > > > > I'd ideally like to use the new (faster line) as the default line > > for traffic, but be able to use the old line just as often > > depending on usage of the new line. However, it wouldn't matter if > > traffic routed randomly either. If one of the two lines is down, > > obviously use the one that is up. > > Iproute allows you to route packets according to their iptable's MARK > field... you can randomly mark packets from new connections (with the > appropriate ratio for each link), and route on this criterion. > > You should have a script in /etc/ppp/if{up,down}.d/ that changes the > routes if one link goes {up,down}. ACK. But how do you do the checking, if the link is down? Especially if you have a dsl router in a ethernet subnet. My subnet consists of three hosts, two of them are bintec routers who do=20 the dsl stuff. They are reachable, even if the DSL Line is gone. How would U check that? > > > I just want to get the most out of both lines at the same time. My > > internal network has two services (http, imap) that need require > > port- forwarding from the router. Other than that the internal > > network is used for surfing the web, ssh, ftp, irc, p2p cients. > > Your services can listen on both interfaces, no problem with that... > you can have load balancing on those links with multiple DNS records > (though that's not a "good thing" (tm). > > Use the iptables MARK to use both at the same time, and the > appropriate iproute setup. > > > What about my questions regarding updated documentation for > > iproute2 (setting this all up)? > > I think the contents of LARTC are enough material for you (and of > course, man iproute, man iptables). > Of course, but there is a need for some comprehensive, easy to=20 understand HOWTO for non-techies... I guess. Especially when it comes to tc and tcng... > > For the record, I've never actually done this kind of setup, I'm just > thinking of what should be done to achieve those things. Somebody > correct me if this is just nonsense. > > Regards, > > Sylvain > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list > LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc --=20 Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen Markus Feilner --------------------------- Feilner IT Linux & GIS=20 Linux Solutions, Training, Seminare und Workshops - auch Inhouse Beraiterweg 4 93047 Regensburg fon +49 941 9465243 fax +49 941 9465244 mobil + +49 170 3027092=20 mail mfeilner@feilner-it.net web http://www.feilner-it.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc