From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF831381F3 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 08:15:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8576E0C10; Mon, 27 May 2013 08:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C87BE0B0E for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 08:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f53.google.com with SMTP id m15so4098042wgh.8 for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 01:15:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=uQIoquEjlItMi4hVnrW+WpIqPsRWwKItW/OPv8DRZf8=; b=ZQEqv4C8LYeAVgtIm874wXoltoqQSXaz/GEbWnnxXcz5Wtltj4TFqleOYDs5neYsY9 xN4QGfLKcU/yufgkWpR6zjdNAlr45hAzJ1CuurZJLrlPmZwyL9lkZm2SstVJzz+fIFIk LmhNjcW6wkX4O0zDMN04KV/3vt6uDimFXTv9P9qatOEOiXG3QiO2DGWJFbWsUOYEPpp2 NjspDdO1cCSMfkXJfDmXXj5AIgdLiMn6/or0aI74LhoLDiG10J0+AwHkCKHAcwve7Aag 8jmnIUvQVFHTbrtla3ILL/s3OXcSJLqpPqLkCGxpqcEo25G0zGgExKaV9yv1/mh0y06y Kbhw== X-Received: by 10.194.179.2 with SMTP id dc2mr7854342wjc.53.1369642507105; Mon, 27 May 2013 01:15:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x13sm15647491wib.3.2013.05.27.01.15.05 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 27 May 2013 01:15:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IP Load Sharing - Per Packet Load Balancing (Linux router) Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:14:37 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.2; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart9718121.ggZd3DQzQT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201305270914.55098.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 3fda5644-6f3b-4437-9df2-ee2c9f02da8f X-Archives-Hash: e354c22dd6b4beb0385e85837af36467 --nextPart9718121.ggZd3DQzQT Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 27 May 2013 01:16:31 Nick Khamis wrote: > By downstream, I mean within our own network. Obviously downstream LB > from the ISP's DSLAM would be impossible without MLPP, BGP support... >=20 > N I think that the CONFIG_BONDING option in the kernel will help you do what = you=20 want. Have a look at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interface= s-nic-into-single-interface.html Without bonding, using Trivial/True link equaliser (teql) you could try=20 something like this: http://compton.nu/2009/12/per-packet-load-balancing-with-linux/ http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.loadshare.html =46rom a cursory look the kernel bonding seems to be the latest method of d= oing=20 this. Please let us know what you come up with as the best method for=20 achieving what you want. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart9718121.ggZd3DQzQT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRoxX/AAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye/zYIAMzSfYZL8Yt+sj2uxr1n8Y9o TO0sFrOsUzPq7Mr5gdAPoxaNoJVKc7T7P5gEd10s2tKaagxbNm4Q0V/mzLgRh2HI 8quwaxC5Vhh/yVa97+dxBuawql/WCNVe9W+uWbFuG5wy4RWnK84wBrXtOuzvrnW7 cd7pTo1xcuvI1m0yElCbXYyPqvuvU3X36na206v6MgQrpRGSz3ZzUopcV/Ee5MuZ 96eFy3Ltxo/FGNskIjsWTn9P2FZnpLkZOb5o1rmBCKRhHGSiDY/sYnNJb4p+jFJw zoYIus7K3vhGmFjFLXFlpr885Pj9viZEgxFboRVzJDKkzMXnJiFfm4L++Cyc5po= =SU76 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9718121.ggZd3DQzQT--