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Remaining independent from corporate bureaucracy or lack of support |
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(ISP saying no to MLPP), and proprietary technology (our friends in |
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blue, purple and green ;). What would be the best way to integrate it |
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to my linux router to laod balance packets both up and down. |
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And if not at the packet level, maybe the session would suffice (i.e, |
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per network session)? |
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Although per packet would be preferred. |
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Kind Regards, |
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Nick. |
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On 5/26/13, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 26 May 2013 22:35:14 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>> > On 25 May 2013, at 22:26, Nick Khamis wrote: |
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>> >> ... As mentioned this |
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>> >> would be two separate DSL services, connected using separate bridges. |
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>> >> I think I am describing more of a link aggregation or bonding.... |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Also assuming that the service providers support bonding of the |
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>> >> links…. |
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>> > |
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>> > Here in the UK this is a somewhat common thing - there are a number of |
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>> |
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>> ISPs which |
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>> |
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>> > offer bonded xDSL services. |
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>> > |
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>> > It's certainly possible to use a Linux router to manage such a |
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>> > connection, although I don't know the details. |
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>> > |
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>> > http://www22.brinkster.com/findall/bondedcd.html |
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>> > |
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>> > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/adsl-bonding-how-to-and-revie |
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>> > w.html |
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>> |
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>> Bonding network devices together is quite simple, but it needs to be |
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>> configured on both ends. |
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>> In other words, to merge 2 DSL-connections together using bonding, you |
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>> need to get both from the same ISP and the ISP would need to support it |
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>> on |
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>> their end. |
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>> |
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>> If bonding can't be done on the ISP-side, you can use seperate |
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>> load-balancing/failover using other techniques. |
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> |
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> There's different ways of going about it, without or without MLPPP, |
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> depending |
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> on what your ISP offers: |
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> |
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> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_multipath_routing |
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> |
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> http://wiki.aa.org.uk/index.php/Linux_upload_bonding_using_policy_routing |
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> |
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> |
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> It used to be the case that Cisco 1800/2800 routers were used at customers' |
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> |
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> premises for MLPPP with certain UK ISPs, but since BT started implementing |
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> 21CN (ADSL2+) they are using ERX core routers (Juniper) and no longer |
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> support |
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> MLPPP. I understand that MPLS is used instead these days, but have no |
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> experience in its implementation. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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