Re: Aggregating channels...

[David Terrell <dbt@meat.net>]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:55:06PM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:49:25PM -0700, Ralph Forsythe wrote:
> | AFAIK, you cannot do this with two separate providers, as the routes from
> | the Internet to each of those would be totally different.
> | 
> | This is typically only done using data lines connected to the same
> | provider (i.e. dual T1's or the like), and even then I don't think obsd
> | (or any other *nix system) provides this feature, I've only ever seen it
> | on routers.
> 
> Linux (at least with a recent incarnation of that kernel) can do this
> (or something similar ;). See
> http://www.ds9a.nl/2.4Routing/HOWTO/cvs/2.4routing/output/2.4routing-10.html
> 
> We use this at my company.

You use this to use internet connectivity from two distinct providers?

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