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 E8C1B1381F3 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 21:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5EAA2E0C09; Sun, 26 May 2013 21:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E58DE0BC5 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 21:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.134] (helo=smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgibK-0002Ji-Sm for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:35:38 +0200 Received: from 54698b76.cm-12-2c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([84.105.139.118] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgibH-0000uC-Tk for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:35:38 +0200 Received: from www.antarean.org (net.lan.antarean.org [10.20.13.13]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E27DF4B for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:34:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 10.55.16.19 (SquirrelMail authenticated user joost) by www.antarean.org with HTTP; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:35:14 +0200 Message-ID: <93dac986370ca717e03ae508d81d1173.squirrel@www.antarean.org> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 23:35:14 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IP Load Sharing - Per Packet Load Balancing (Linux router) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 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: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Ziggo-spambar: -- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -2.0 X-Ziggo-spamreport: BAYES_00=-1.9,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982,RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.07 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: 6769e9ca-c912-48ca-b689-7e3e40376a81 X-Archives-Hash: 65bd705f18ca8f0b1847729eab0c9776 > On 25 May 2013, at 22:26, Nick Khamis wrote: >> ... As mentioned this >> would be two separate DSL services, connected using separate bridges. >> I think I am describing more of a link aggregation or bonding.... >> >> Also assuming that the service providers support bonding of the links=85= . > > Here in the UK this is a somewhat common thing - there are a number of ISPs which > offer bonded xDSL services. > > It's certainly possible to use a Linux router to manage such a connecti= on, > although I don't know the details. > > http://www22.brinkster.com/findall/bondedcd.html > > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/adsl-bonding-how-to-and-revie > w.html Bonding network devices together is quite simple, but it needs to be configured on both ends. In other words, to merge 2 DSL-connections together using bonding, you need to get both from the same ISP and the ISP would need to support it o= n their end. If bonding can't be done on the ISP-side, you can use seperate load-balancing/failover using other techniques. -- Joost