Re: [gentoo-user] IP Load Sharing - Per Packet Load Balancing (Linux router)

[Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com>]

Remaining independent from corporate bureaucracy or lack of support
(ISP saying no to MLPP), and proprietary technology (our friends in
blue, purple and green ;). What would be the best way to integrate it
to my linux router to laod balance packets both up and down.
And if not at the packet level, maybe the session would suffice (i.e,
per network session)?
Although per packet would be preferred.

Kind Regards,

Nick.

On 5/26/13, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 May 2013 22:35:14 J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> > 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….
>> >
>> > 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
>> > connection, 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
>> on
>> their end.
>>
>> If bonding can't be done on the ISP-side, you can use seperate
>> load-balancing/failover using other techniques.
>
> There's different ways of going about it, without or without MLPPP,
> depending
> on what your ISP offers:
>
> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_multipath_routing
>
> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_policy_routing
>
>
> It used to be the case that Cisco 1800/2800 routers were used at customers'
>
> premises for MLPPP with certain UK ISPs, but since BT started implementing
> 21CN (ADSL2+) they are using ERX core routers (Juniper) and no longer
> support
> MLPPP.  I understand that MPLS is used instead these days, but have no
> experience in its implementation.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>