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From: bill <cluster.bill@alinto.com>
Subject: Re: Iptables for load balancing internet traffic
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:32:43 +0100
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Danny a =E9crit :
> Is there a perfect solution to use iptables for load balancing outgoing=20
> internet traffic ?
>=20
> I am using Debian Sarge 3.1 [ kernel 2.4.27 ] [ iptables v1.2.11 ]  I=20
> chose this kernel specifically for this purpose.
>=20
> I have tried the below 2 techniques  : -
> 1 > Tried using random patch
> 2> Tried using nth patch

And did you tried the CLUSTERIP target?
    CLUSTERIP
This module allows you to configure a  simple  cluster  of  nodes  that
share a certain IP and MAC address without an explicit load balancer in
front of them.  Connections  are  statically  distributed  between  the
nodes in this cluster.