On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Bob Gustafson wrote: > >On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > > >> What I would like to do is cleanly move packets out to the Internet over > >> two (maybe 3) separate interfaces, utilizing all of the bandwidth, and > >> avoiding snags. > > > >[snip, lots of nice interesting wishes] > > > >> Does such a beast exist? Is it possible to build with current > >> ip/tc/netfilter technology? I am running a near stock RH 7.2 at the > >> moment. Each ISP line is going through a separate (proprietary/black-box) > >> firewall/router and then into the RH7.2 box. > > > >QoS and routing are basically independent of each other. Orthogonal, > >mathematicians would say. Furthermore, there *is* in fact a patch floating > >around somewhere on the internet that flushes the route cache after every > >packet... that might help. I've never used it, as I don't trust it to keep > >TCP connections intact, but still, it might prove useful. > > > >You'll have to do some digging on your own though... > > I was afraid of that. But this list was the first place to dig, yes? Yes, nowadays it is. :) At least you know there's something out there. Oh, as I recall the patch is by some weird guy in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Can't seem to find it using Google at the moment though. The stuff on http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~jcl/programs/ipeql/ipeql.html does seem like something you might want to look at (even though it is *old*). > > > >Doei, Arthur. (Oh, and it is Arthur van Leeuwen. The surname is > > 'van Leeuwen'. Kinda like in 'Ludwig van Beethoven') > > Ahh, learn something every day. The van *isn't* just like a middle > name then. Nope. It would've been capitalized if it were. :) > (I was pretty careful about the spelling of Leeuwen though :-) Don't computers make life *easy*? :P > Thanks much for the feedback My pleasure. Doei, Arthur. -- /\ / | arthurvl@sci.kun.nl | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching