[3531] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Load balancing with PM2e
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Network Operations Center)
Sat Jun 29 02:37:10 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 17:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Network Operations Center <root@syrinx.jeffnet.org>
To: Speed Racer <shagboy@thecia.net>
cc: linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu, portmaster-users@livingston.com,
linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.960628155736.shagboy@thecia.net>
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> 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?
>
On linux, first get your 2 connections up. I often get bumped when I try
to fire up the second. This is not the portmaster, it is my setup. When
it happens kill the pppd process before it times out and dial again.
(trust me). Once you get your two connections up you have INCOMING load
balancing automatically. If you want it outgoing as well you can then
enslave your 2 connections and add the default route.
> 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.
>
it wont work this way.
> 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.
>
no special settings in the pm are necessary (except the static ip of course).
Also, you need to play with the mtu's, if they are both at 1500 it dosent
balance as well as lower settings....
