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Load balancing with PM2e
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Speed Racer)
Sat Jun 29 00:16:06 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:41:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Speed Racer <shagboy@thecia.net>
To: linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu, portmaster-users@livingston.com,
linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi,
I'm trying to set up a Linux box to do load-balancing over 2 28.8
modems, both connected by PPP to a Livingston PortMaster 2e. I've been
having some problems tho.
I'm able to get one modem up and enslaved properly by the eql device. I
can get rid of all the routes and do "route add default dev eql" and I'm
able to see the net. That's with one modem on ppp0, works great.
Now, when I try to add the second PPP device (ppp1), one of two things
will happen:
1) If I dial in as myself, I have a static IP and I get that IP for both
dial-ins. The PPP session starts up but then dies after about 5
seconds; I assume that the PM is killing it because it tries to take an
address that's already taken?
2) If I dial in as a "default" PPP account (dynamic IP), I can enslave
both devices just fine, but no traffic seems to be going over the second
device. That is, the PPP device that has the same IP as the EQL device
gets all the traffic, while the one with a different IP gets none.
Is there anything I need to do on the PM to enable load-balancing, or
does it do it transparently? Also, is there any documentation online
about load-balancing, whether for Linux or not? The stuff that comes
with Linux doesn't help too much.
Thanks,
shag
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