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On 26/02/2009 21:30, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:08:04 +0000 > Simon Waters wrote: > > >> Grant Sewell wrote: >> >>> Anyone know if IPCop (or pfsense, or any others) supports >>> load-balancing over 2 actual ADSL lines (where you'd have to set up >>> each line with its own connection details (username+password, >>> etc))? And where to source PCI ADSL cards? >>> >> Why not just use two ADSL routers, and balance in Ethernet in a >> firewall? >> >> http://www.ipcops.com/wiki/faq:advanced:multiwan >> >> Suggests pfsense ;) >> >> > > We have a Draytek that is supposed to do load balancing over 2 Ethernet > WANs (connected to xDSL/Cable) already. The difficulty is that because > the connection goes over an extra link, the Draytek is essentially > completely unaware of when the DSL link goes down on either connection. > > Our current setup is: > > Cable - Router \ > Draytek Router - Network > Cable - Router / > > One router is configured for Eclipse, the other for Demon. If either > Eclipse or Demon stops working, their respective router knows about it > but because *that* router's LAN connection is still up and the > Draytek is connected to it, the Draytek is not informed that a line has > gone down, so continues to use it and 1/2 the traffic is lost. > > One of the routers supports "bridging" mode, whereby you lose the > option of inputting a username+password for the link (which is > reasonable - it's supposed to be a bridge), but the Draytek doesn't > support PPP connections (seeing as it's an Ethernet-Ethernet router) so > we can't do that. > > I'm looking for a way have 2 direct ADSL connections on the same box > (be that a pre-fab router or a home-made router) where I can load > balance across them. > > Any ideas about the PCI ADSL cards? > > Cheers. > Grant. :) > > Doing a quick Google search came up with this... http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=FM-PADSL&af=50 Not sure what chipset it is though or if it supports Linux or ADSL2+ Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html