PPPoE load balancing

[lukek]

Thanks for that, you are of course absolutely correct however here in Japan
the provider of the local loops does not provide T3's and all circuits over
128K are fibre. So I am stuck.  This solution only has to hold together for
about 6mths then we move offices and I can get a proper fibre connection but
until then I need a band aid solution.

Thanks

LK

> > Hello,
> > Let me apologise firstly if this is a topic which has been thrashed to
> death
> > on this list.  I need some advice before I get myself into a hole that
is
> > very deep, dark and lonely.
> >
> > I need to add an additional DSL line to my exisiting network to keep up
> with
> > the expanding bandwidth requirements of the users. In a situation like
> this
> > my first reaction would be to get some fibre into the office and take it
> > from there but the building we are currently in is unsuitable for fibre
(
> > according to the provider ) therefore for the interim I have no choice
but
> > to get additional DSL circuits.
> >
> > My question is how difficult is it to get one FBSD router to reliably
> manage
> > multiple DSL circuits. These circuits would have static IP addresses
> > probably /28 on the outside and there are two distinct networks
> internally.
> > An ethernet segment and a wireless segment.
> >
>
> BGP
>
> > I am using IPFilter and IPNat to provide simple NAT functions and simple
> > firewalling functions. If I create further external links ie tun0 and
tun1
> > will this create problems for NAT ? I am contemplating separating the
two
> > internal networks so that the ethernet segment gets routed to tun0 and
> > wireless to tun1. Would I need two instances of IPNat and IPFilter or
can
> I
> > wrap all the rules into one instance of these tools ?
> >
> > Is there a smarter way to do this ?
> >
>
> A burstable T3 (It's copper)
>
> > Any advice is appreciated as I suspect that this is not a trivial thing
to
> > accomplish reliably and given no other real options at this time I have
to
> > come up with a solution that is reliable. Ideally it would be great to
be
> > able to get load balancing and failover working but I won't push my
luck.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > LukeK
> >
>
> DSL is not meant for multiple links. Having multiple links and running BGP
> with your provider will work, but likely should use a non-PPPoE DSL
> implementation . Best solution is either multiple T1's and a real router
or
> a T3 of some sort if you can't get fibre.
>
> Adam
>
>