<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From:�Andy Isaacson <<a href="mailto:adi@hexapodia.org">adi@hexapodia.org</a>><br>
To:�Jonathan Lassoff <<a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com">jof@thejof.com</a>><br>Date:�Wed, 4 May 2011 17:29:30 -0700<br>Subject:�Re: [Rack] Monkeybrains link: using and billing<br>On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:50:04AM -0700, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:<br>
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM, jim <<a href="mailto:jim@well.com">jim@well.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > � �we've got two regular vanilla links out, one through<br>
> > <a href="http://sonic.net" target="_blank">sonic.net</a> and the other through monkeybrains?<br>
> > � �seems good if we have some way to route traffic<br>
> > through either or both, kind of load-balanced style.<br>
> > do we have such a control?<br>
><br>
> Right now, we only really ever use them in an active/passive type of pattern.<br>
><br>
> As far as I know, there's no good way to split state creation across<br>
> multiple WAN links, as you can only have one default route at a time<br>
> in the kernel routing table.<br>
><br>
> This is possible with some netfilter hacks on Linux. Personally, I<br>
> rather like having OpenBSD on the soekris as a router, but if we<br>
> really want to utilize both WAN links at once, I think we ought to<br>
> consider running a small linux installation instead.<br>
><br>
> Thoughts?<br>
<br>
It sounds like we do want to keep using this link and paying for it, so<br>
I'll work with Kelly to make sure we pay our bill.<br>
<br>
Thanks guys!<br>
<br>
-andy<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Why don't you get a bonding router that has multiple WAN ports? I do that at my job for failover on DSL when my wireless connection goes down.<br><br>Bruce <br></div></div>