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On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > I need to get a second ISP line into the house. I currently have a |
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> > cable modem but it goes down once in a while and my work requires |
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> > higher reliability so I was thinking of getting a DSL line to |
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> > supplement it. I'd like to investigate creating some sort of |
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> > firewall/router that could do the following: |
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> BGP4 is the way to be truely multi-homed, but that not likely |
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> to be an option. SCTP promises looks promising for the future, |
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> but it is implemented at the service/application level. |
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Thanks for the response. |
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I wonder if BGP4 would be supported inside of an ISP's network? It |
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seems to be more of a spec than a product. I'm not really reading in |
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any depth. Just sort of scanning around |
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I don't understand SCTP yet but it seems spec oriented instead of |
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being a piece of software. |
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> I will be interested to see what others suggest for |
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> low-budget multi homing....or some subset thereof. |
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> I'm glad you posted this question, as my situation is slightly |
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> different (single static IP currently) on a cable modem, but |
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> my needs are similar to yours. |
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Well, I have a single IP right now but I did order the DSL line today. |
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If nothing else it will sit here unused and only get plugged in when |
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the cable modem line is down. That's pretty brute force |
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I found a couple of threads about using a FreeBSD firewall called ipfw |
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but the little bit of checking I did didn't show it in portage. |
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I'm curious as to whether ipchains or something like that could do |
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most of this. Even if it was just hooked up to both ISPs and I had to |
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flip a software switch to go between them at least I wouldn't have to |
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run around much to get the change enabled. I'm very sure with ipchains |
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I could send the game traffic out on the DSL line and reserve cable |
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modem for my work most of the time. |
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Just thinking... |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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