Steen, : I have a box here with six ADSLs, two from each of three providers. The : system is setup in direct accordance with the configuration outlined in : the Nano-HOWTO.txt. Damn! That's a pile of DSL lines. : This means that I'd have to put in rules and/or routes that handles : these nets specifically and routes the traffic through the proper : gateway. Why not use a technique like this, assuming that nexthops 111.1.1.1 and 112.1.1.1 are both connected to ISP 1's network? # ip route add $ISP1_DNS/32 table 222 \ > nexthop via 111.1.1.1 dev eth1 weight 1 \ > nexthop via 112.1.1.1 dev eth2 weight 1 OR, more generally, # ip route add $ISP1_NET/$ISP1_NETMASK table 222 \ > nexthop via 111.1.1.1 dev eth1 weight 1 \ > nexthop via 112.1.1.1 dev eth2 weight 1 Now, you simply add a similar set of rules for each subnet inside the provider which needs to be reached through a particular set of the ADSL links. Seems simpler than creating new routing tables and adding more entries to the RPDB. (I subscribe to the keep-it-simple-stupid philosophy of network administration.) : Is this correct? I don't know. : Is this the way to go? I don't know. : What is "best practice" in this matter? I don't know. I sure hope somebody else on the list knows. [ snipped "ip route" and iptables output ] Thanks very much for the detailed description..... Good luck--I imagine I'm not the only one who'd like to hear what you end up doing. -Martin -- Martin A. Brown --- SecurePipe, Inc. --- mabrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
