here's the setup (two dsl - same provider) +-----> link1 LAN----- linux box --| |----------internet +-----> link2 the setup is ok in terms of the failover requirement. the other link takes over when one is down. however, there is a very noticeable lag when both lines are up. i've tried changing the weight value to a higher one but the links are still under utilized and some client machines playing games or mostly disconnected. taking down one link makes the connection ok. any suggestions? do i need to patch the kernel? below is the script i'm using on a mandrake 10.1 box. thanks. erik <start of script> #!/bin/sh # Iptables userspace executable IPTABLES="/sbin/iptables" # Internal Interface NET_INT_INT=eth1 # Internal IP NET_INT_IP=192.168.0.101 # Internal Subnet NET_INT_SUB=/24 # Internal Network NET_INT_NET=192.168.0.0 # First external interface NET_EXT_INT1=eth0 # First external IP NET_EXT_IP1=192.168.1.7 # First external interface's gateway NET_EXT_GW1=192.168.1.1 # Second external interface NET_EXT_INT2=eth2 # Second external IP NET_EXT_IP2=192.168.1.3 # Second external interface's gateway NET_EXT_GW2=192.168.1.1 echo "Flushing All Tables" $IPTABLES -F $IPTABLES -F -t nat $IPTABLES -F -t mangle $IPTABLES -X -t nat $IPTABLES -X -t mangle $IPTABLES -X $IPTABLES -t mangle -N ETH0 $IPTABLES -t mangle -F ETH0 $IPTABLES -t mangle -A ETH0 -j MARK --set-mark 1 $IPTABLES -t mangle -N ETH2 $IPTABLES -t mangle -F ETH2 $IPTABLES -t mangle -A ETH2 -j MARK --set-mark 2 $IPTABLES -t nat -N SPOOF_ETH0 $IPTABLES -t nat -F SPOOF_ETH0" $IPTABLES -t nat -A SPOOF_ETH0 -j SNAT --to ${NET_EXT_IP1} $IPTABLES -t nat -N SPOOF_ETH2 $IPTABLES -t nat -F SPOOF_ETH2H2 " $IPTABLES -t nat -A SPOOF_ETH2 -j SNAT --to ${NET_EXT_IP2} echo "Setting some local network rules..." $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p icmp -s ${NET_INT_NET}/24 -d ${NET_INT_IP} -j ACCEPT echo "Setting Mangle rules for eth0..." $IPTABLES -t mangle -A OUTPUT -o ! ${NET_INT_INT} -m random --average 50 -j ETH0 $IPTABLES -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i ${NET_INT_INT} -m random --average 50 -j ETH0 ip ro add table 10 default via ${NET_EXT_GW1} dev ${NET_EXT_INT1} ip ru add fwmark 1 table 10 ip ro fl ca echo "Setting Mangle rules for eth2..." $IPTABLES -t mangle -A OUTPUT -o ! ${NET_INT_INT} -m random --average 50 -j ETH2 $IPTABLES -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i ${NET_INT_INT} -m random --average 50 -j ETH2 ip ro add table 20 default via ${NET_EXT_GW2} dev ${NET_EXT_INT2} ip ru add fwmark 2 table 20 ip ro fl ca echo "Setting up spoofing rules..." $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ${NET_EXT_INT1} -j SPOOF_ETH0 $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ${NET_EXT_INT2} -j SPOOF_ETH2 echo "Adding default route..." ip ro add default nexthop via ${NET_EXT_GW1} dev ${NET_EXT_INT1} weight 1 nexthop via ${NET_EXT_GW2} dev ${NET_EXT_INT2} weight 1 echo "Disabling Reverse Path Filtering..." echo 0> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/rp_filter echo 0> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth2/rp_filter echo "Enabling IPv4 Packet forwarding..." echo "1"> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward <end of script> -- roderick e. tapang retapang at gmail dot com (o_.' http://counter.li.org/ //\ ---------------------- V_/_ Linux User # 253842 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/