Re: Load Balancing / Merging speed

["Eduardo Fernández" <efgonzalez@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 5/22/05, Sadus . <sadus@swiftbin.net> wrote:
> 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)

Bonding? You don't use that to merge two internet lines, that's for
making two NIC's work as if they were only one, thus doubling the
speed. With bonding linux "sees" one device where you had two. You can
only set up bonding between two computers or between a computer and a
switch which supports bonding (it's got different names depending on
the brand).

> 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.

Cheers!

Edu