I have two connections to the Internet. I implemented the load balancing as described in chapter 4.2 "Routing for multiple uplinks/providers" The problem that occurred is that the client applications like Yahoo Messenger or even PuTTY (SSH client) are loosing the connection very often.
I had a similar problem with an internet game disconnecting exactly every 10 minutes. My theory is that the routing code may choose to switch the data to the other provider, and that that breaks the connection. I solved it by using connection marking, and then directing all marked to the provider where they were originally marked. I don't know the exact commands to use because I used Shorewall, which can setup this hack by simply specifying "track" (see http://www.shorewall.net/MultiISP.html). Even after doing that, some connections would still break after some hours, but it was a lot better than before. If you find out other things about this problem, I would very much like to hear about it. Rune _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc
