Re: Dynamic routing between multiple DSL lines

[Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 11:24:04AM -0400, Patrick Doyle wrote:
> For redundancy, I am trying to avoid using the same provider, hence the
> reason I am trying to keep all of the configuration in house.  (That way I
> don't have to try to get the two providers to agree on anything except that
> I get a certain number of IP addresses from them).

The *only* way to do this is with Border Gateway Protocol, BGP.  This
is an expensive proposition, requiring fairly expensive equipment, and
requires that you have at least a /24 (class C) address block.

Plus, way off-topic.  The old inet-access archives probably have some
good discussion on this.  Heck, the freebsd-questions archives has
some good discussion on this (I know, I've answered this question
again, and again, and again...)

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