[LARTC] Two ADSL Lines either ECMP or BGP?

[Chris Murray <cmurray@stargate.ca>]

Hi -

I am trying to find a Linux based solution for one of my clients, I want
to bond two adsl lines into one, with redundancy (if one fails the other
does all the work).

I've been looking into ECMP (Equal Cost Multipath), I know BGP would
work, but something like ECMP would be much simpler. I have full control
of both ends of the connections and I can have both ADSL lines terminate
in the same router on each end.

I guess my question for the list is; is ECMP a solution for this? I know
it does the round-robin distribution of packets, but can it still work
if one line fails? Or do I have to run a routing protocol to remove the
bad route from the table?

Also, any good links to documentation on ECMP for linux would be very
helpful.

Thanks

-- 
Chris Murray                    Network Services Specialist
cmurray@stargate.ca             Stargate Connections, Inc.
http://www.stargate.ca/         ph. +1 (604) 606-8988

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