Friday, August 03, 2001, 6:02:48 PM, you wrote:
r> Hello,
r> I just want to ask if there is a facility in the kernel that load
r> balance to different default routes, since i'm using this routes for
r> uplink purposes only (my downlink is via satellite, it doesn't matter
r> where i send my packets uplink as long as it reaches the internet
r> backbone).
r> for example
r> in my box, I have routes as describe below
r> destination gateway netmask
r> default isp1 0.0.0.0
r> default isp2 0.0.0.0
r> Want i want is for the kernel to load balance (e.g round robin) uplink
r> packets to isp1 and isp2. If this in is not possible in the current
r> kernel, where in the kernel source files can i start hacking to make this
r> possible?
r> TIA
As i know, there is a networking driver called bonding ,which can
load balance sending packets through several ethernet
connections, both 2.2.X and 2.4.X kernel have this driver.
-- Best regards, Michael Chen mailto:michaelc@turbolinux.com.cn
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