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Network Troublshooting => Linux Servers Support => Topic started by: pudhiyavan on January 09, 2004, 07:32:20 AM
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Dear ricky
can you just guide me to get the howto's on linux link load balancing.?
thans in adv
pudhi :arrow: :idea:
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Well not Ricky but;
What kind of load balancing, firewall, router? What are you working on?
Later
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Thanks for your response dalek
basically i have one DSL line and Dial up line connected in my Linux box.
Whatever be the traffic from LAN , wherever the link is available it has go thru that link.
i am using iptables in lin box
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I found where you can use EQL for when you have two modems. I don't see anything for ethernet, etc. From what I have read, what little searching I have done so far, it does this automatically through the kernel.
Don't shoot me if I am wrong here. My little 26K connection doesn't need balancing, it needs DSL attached. :cry:
I did my searching on www.google.com/linux if you want to search some more. There may be something Ricky would want to add though. He more better at this sort of thing. :wink:
Later
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I did find out that EQL works with ethernet to. This is what it said:
If you want to use 2 NICs to increase bandwidth, you have to use channel bonding - normal TCP/IP can't work this way.
For one, there is ever only one default gateway for a machine, no matter how many networks it belongs to.
You'll have to rebuild the kernel with EQL/ line bonding turned on, this allows you to make a single virtual NIC out of two.
Normal config after that.
In almost any situation, connecting 2 NICs to the same switch on the same subnet just doesn't make much sense...
there is a description in the Kernel-Documentation:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
Hope that helps a bit.
I need more network experience huh? I can google though. :wink: :wink:
Later
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hello all,
Can I combine the banwidth received from Two ISP thru leased line by using the above said method...Pls guide me.
i am taking both link on redhat 9 ethernet card on my squid server.
any suggestion /idea ......???
bye