Re: Using multiple DSL internet connections and load balancing

[Ralph Forsythe <rforsythe@centerone.com>]

Usa PF to source route?  "Use the man pages, luke".  Check the FAQ too, I
can't remember but I think it said something brief about that.

-rf

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Ivan Montoro wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I've just installed my fresh copy of OpenBSD in my old internet gateway,
> and I'm wondering if it's possible to buy a second internet connection
> (DSL in my case) and load balance traffic in some way. Well, I don't
> even need a *true* load balance, just use one connection for Web/FTP
> and leave the other one for mail and other not-so-bandwidth-intensive
> applications.
>
> Here goes the schema of the network:
> #                          +---------+
> # LAN 192.168.1.0/24 ------| OpenBSD +--- Primary DSL
> #                     .254 +----+----+    (62.9.10.252, gw 62.9.10.193)
> #                               |
> #                               | Secondary DSL
> #                               | (62.4.11.147, gw 62.4.11.129)
>
> I've set up the gateway with the first DSL, leaving the second down.
> Everything works fine, NAT, remote access via SSH, FTP, etc...
>
> Now I don't know what's next. I've seen that Squid has a directive
> "tcp_outgoing_address" that could help me (default gw for LAN is the
> box and I'll setup a transparent proxy). Another option is use the
> "divert" option in PF to forward traffic from LAN to any DSL I want.
>
> By now I haven't done anything, since I don't know which option should
> I choose or what commands should I issue to make this work. Please
> consider that I'm barely newbie on this, so detailed explainations will
> be largely appreciated ;)
>
> Thanks
>
> Ivan Montoro