Re: how to aggregate internet lines

"Dom" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> If you're considering load balancing an Internet server, then
> round-robin DNS will be the easiest solution, by far. If you are seeking
> to balance client traffic then something like ipfw probabilities may
> serve the purpose, but configuration will be far more complex. Another
> possibility to consider is the use of a number of sonicwalls in a
> hierarchical configuration, 4:2:1. I know nothing about sonicwall and
> have no idea if such a configuration is possible.

He's talking about using mulitple smaller lines to approximate one bigger
line, so he wants to do something more like bonding. Round Robin DNS will
balance incoming traffic only, and even then only approximately.

Along the same lines with a high end soho box you could source route to
spread traffic over two links, but that's a very weak form of load
balancing.

If he thinks he's going to get 6Mbps downloads with four 1.5Mbps lines, it's
just not going to happen.

-Russ.
Received on Tue Jan 3 03:40:13 2006