From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Danny <dineshg@hostway.com>
Subject: Re: Iptables for load balancing internet traffic
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:08:53 +0530
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>
bill wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
Well, I havent tried this. But this looks good for an inbound traffic to 
a specific port.
In my case, the traffic is outgoing and has to be NATed.

I am sure that there is some way out, using nth patch. Someone might 
have done this.


Thank you,
- Danny