FreeBSD router two DSL connections

Ted Mittelstaedt tedm at toybox.placo.com
Mon Dec 12 22:24:01 PST 2005



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nathan Vidican [mailto:nvidican at wmptl.com]
>Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:08 AM
>To: Ted Mittelstaedt
>Cc: yance_kowara at yahoo.com; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: FreeBSD router two DSL connections
>
>
>You could, if the purpose is to combine bandwidth accross
>multiple DSL links,
>use multi-link PPP, afaik - the only way to do so is through mpd
>(/usr/ports/net/mpd) ... not catch the whole thread, so feel
>free to correct me
>if wrong, mpd should work for you.
>

It works great when both links go to the same ISP, which in this
case they are not.

Undoubtedly the OP wants to avoid spending money for better circuits,
and undoubtedly any ISP willing to run multiple DSL links to the customer
would charge more money.  (The ISP I work at would be one such willing
ISP, and we definitely would charge more)

Ted



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